Senior / Principal Backend Engineer – AppSec Platform (Cortex Cloud)
Core
Design and operate large-scale distributed systems and data infrastructure for the Cortex Cloud Application Security platform, connecting to customer development environments to process massive data volumes.
Role type
Senior / Principal Backend Engineer (AppSec Platform)
Builds
High-scale distributed systems, data infrastructure, and developer experience tools for the AppSec platform
Domain
Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend software engineering, large-scale distributed systems design, TypeScript/Node.js/Go/Python/Java, SQL/NoSQL data modeling, cloud-native architectures (GCP/AWS), AI-assisted engineering validation
Preferred skills
Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, event-driven architectures, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), high-throughput system optimization, AI-powered feature development
Technologies
TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python, Java, GCP, AWS, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end complex engineering initiatives spanning multiple teams, design and evolve distributed systems for hundreds of millions of entities, write and review production code while raising the engineering bar, identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks for scalability and reliability, shape developer experience and AI-driven engineering workflows
Seniority
Senior / Principal, hands-on IC with broad technical ownership