Backend Software Engineer

Ketch

Backend Engineer at an early-stage startup focusing on data privacy and cybersecurity. Developing scalable solutions and mastering data protection techniques.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $100,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsDynamoDBElasticSearchGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesOpen SourcePostgresPythonRedisScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build solutions to solve enterprise customers’ data privacy and security problems at scale
Take ownership of what you build
Develop server-side components primarily in Golang
Co-own fault-tolerant, secure microservice architecture
Master data security and protection techniques
Work closely with stakeholders to understand use cases
Responsible for the well-being of SaaS production system
Invent and reinvent operational processes
Keep abreast of technologies and contribute to open source

Requirements

What you’ll need

1-3 years of experience in software engineering
Scalable distributed systems
Production systems in Golang, Java, Python, or Scala
Cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Tooling, best practices, and automation
CI/CD (Github Actions)
Database/Storage (Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB, ScyllaDB, Postgres, ElasticSearch)
Instrumenting, troubleshooting, performance tuning for Kubernetes deployments

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

GolangJavaPythonScalaKubernetesRedisCassandraDynamoDBScyllaDBPostgres

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CollaborationProblem SolvingOwnership