CareerPlan

Senior Backend Cloud Engineer

United StatesRemoteFull-time$120k–$170k2026-11-07 → 2026-11-10
Remote · from anywhere

Core

Lead the design and delivery of scalable data platform and API services for an anti-ransomware security platform, focusing on ingestion, transformation, and enrichment of security data.

Role type

Senior Backend Cloud Engineer (Rust/Scala)

Builds

Scalable, maintainable backend systems and public API services for internal and customer-facing security functions.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Distributed systems design, Rust, Scala, Python, Kafka, Postgres, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)

Preferred skills

Functional programming patterns, Databricks, ClickHouse, security analysis tools (YARA, PE analysis, binary analysis), machine learning workflows (AutoML, MLflow), binary analysis libraries (LIEF, ssdeep, TLSH)

Responsibilities

Lead design and delivery of features across data platform and public API services; Drive system design, architecture, and data flow decisions; Build, deploy, and own Scala-based backend services; Shape and execute migration of selected APIs from Scala to Rust; Set the bar for code quality, documentation, and operational excellence; Lead design reviews, code reviews, and participate in on-call and incident response; Support and enhance Python-based security analysis platform including malware analysis engines and ML workflows.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC