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Senior Software Engineer, Scanning Engine

💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-06-24

Core

Design, build, and operate large-scale cloud services for internet-wide and customer-specific security scans to power cyber insurance underwriting and attack surface management.

Role type

Senior IC backend systems engineer

Builds

Distributed scanning engine, data ingestion pipelines, and security APIs

Domain

Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, Go, distributed systems design, high-availability architecture, performance optimization, cloud-native development, systems debugging, code review

Preferred skills

vulnerability scanning, detection engine development, security domain knowledge

Technologies

Python, Go, microservices, containers, CI/CD, monitoring, logging

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end systems design for key scanning engine components; Design and implement high-quality services in Python and Go; Improve performance, scalability, and reliability of the scanning engine; Partner with security, product, and data teams to translate requirements into production systems; Drive technical excellence and standards in the codebase; Contribute to architecture and roadmap decisions; Diagnose and resolve complex production issues; Mentor and support other engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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