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Backend / Distributed Systems Engineer - Founding Team

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $140–$170,000🗓 2026-06-25

Core

Building the core authorization engine for a Runtime Governance Layer that prevents high-risk actions via real-time human authorization for federal and critical infrastructure clients.

Role type

Founding Team Backend / Distributed Systems Engineer

Builds

Core authorization engine, distributed systems architecture, policy engine integration, Kubernetes orchestration, and API layer for a zero-trust security product.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Zero Trust / Federal Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Go (concurrency, performance), Distributed systems (consensus, fault tolerance), Kubernetes production, Policy engines (Cedar, OPA), Security integration (RBAC, IAM)

Preferred skills

Quorum systems, High-throughput systems (100K+ req/sec), Federal contractor background

Technologies

Go, Kubernetes (EKS), PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, Cedar, Rust

Responsibilities

Architect the authorization layer, implement consensus protocols and multi-region replication, integrate policy engines, manage Kubernetes service mesh and auto-scaling, design secure API endpoints.

Seniority

Founding Team, hands-on IC with leadership potential

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