Senior Software Engineer – Identity Security Posture Management

Abnormal Security

Senior Software Engineer leading technical roadmap for identity security posture management at Abnormal. Mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional collaboration within security architecture.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeBangalore • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in system architecture and backend development, particularly with Go, Kafka, React, and TypeScript. Proven ability to mentor teams, drive technical standards, and manage operational health in complex, multi-tenant environments.

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System ArchitectureBackend Development with GoEvent-Driven Architecture with KafkaReact and TypeScript DevelopmentMentoring and Team Leadership

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Hard Skills

System ArchitectureBackend DevelopmentGo ProgrammingKafkaReactTypeScriptSQLPostgreSQLAPI DesignDatabase Schema Design

Soft Skills

CommunicationMentoringDecision-MakingCollaborationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Event-Driven SystemsREST APIsGRPCMonitoring ToolsRunbooks

Industry Keywords

Identity SecurityMulti-Tenant SystemsTechnical RoadmapCross-Functional CollaborationOperational Reliability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoGRPCKafkaPostgresReactSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Direct the ISPM technical roadmap by converting product requirements into robust system designs, mapping out implementation phases, and making strategic build-vs-extend decisions.
Architect, design, and scale core identity security posture systems.
Cultivate and drive cross-functional technical alliances with platform teams across the security and identity stack.
Author, review, and evaluate technical design documents while facilitating architectural discussions and design reviews.
Establish, promote, and uphold engineering best practices across the sub-team, focusing on testing, code quality, API design, and observability.
Construct and scale high-performance backend services using Go—inclusive of event-driven systems, REST/gRPC APIs, cron jobs, and integration layers.
Build and maintain user-facing interfaces using React/TypeScript—focusing on policy dashboards, identity visualization, and mitigation workflows.
Design, model, and optimize database schemas capable of handling large-scale multi-tenant identity workloads.
Implement event-driven architectures using Kafka as a message queue to manage asynchronous workflows and ensure continuous evaluation of identity postures.
Maintain operational reliability and service health through standard runbooks, feature flags, and robust monitoring setups.
Support, mentor, and guide a distributed team of 3-4 engineers located across India and Singapore.
Collaborate closely with Product Managers and EM to align on technical strategy, prioritize roadmaps, and deliver quarterly key results and milestones.
Own operational health for all services—on-call rotation, incident response, and SLO management
Serve as the team representative during organizational alignment, review sessions, and client interactions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of software development experience, including at least 2+ years in a tech lead or senior technical leadership role
Proven track record of mentoring engineers and elevating the overall technical standards of the team
Exceptional system architecture skills—experienced in designing and running scalable, multi-tenant, event-driven distributed systems at scale
Deep hands-on experience with Kafka or similar high-throughput event-streaming technologies
Extensive backend production experience with Go—writing idiomatic services with clean design patterns, thorough testing, and robust error handling
Production-level React and TypeScript skills, with the capability to drive and own user-facing features end-to-end
Strong proficiency in SQL and PostgreSQL—including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for multi-tenant workloads
Superb communication abilities—expert at detailing technical trade-offs to PMs, presenting architecture to leadership, and writing comprehensive design documents
High tolerance for ambiguity—adept at making decisions with partial data and iterating quickly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible working hours
Professional development opportunities