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Software Engineer, Detection (TOR)

Toronto💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-12 → 2026-09-25

Core

Building scalable backend systems and AI agent pipelines to detect and neutralize digital threats like phishing and impersonation across billions of domains and social accounts.

Role type

Senior IC backend engineer (threat detection & AI infrastructure)

Builds

High-throughput ingestion, enrichment, scoring, and alerting pipelines; APIs and dashboards for threat remediation; threat-linking infrastructure.

Domain

Cybersecurity / AI / Digital Risk Protection

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Python, Go, Java, or Node; scalable system design (sharding, caching, queueing); large data pipelines (batch/streaming); SQL and NoSQL databases; observability and incident response.

Preferred skills

Product ownership; cross-functional collaboration; mentoring junior engineers.

Technologies

Python, Go, Java, Node, SQL, NoSQL, message queues, OLAP systems.

Responsibilities

Design and implement end-to-end backend services from design to oncall; architect fault-tolerant systems for high scale; build and operate data pipelines for threat analysis; collaborate with Ops and Customer Success to deliver measurable outcomes; mentor junior engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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