Software Engineer, Backend

Praetorian

full-time

Posted on: 8/26/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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AWSCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesMariaDBNeo4jNode.js

About the role

Prevent breaches before they occur by emulating real-world attackers and building Praetorian's Chariot offensive security platform
Contribute to an AI-powered, planner-and-sub-agent architecture for automating complex, multi-stage attack chains
Design, build, and test backend software components in Go
Write clean and scalable code with automated tests
Backend engineers run the production systems as a team
Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers on architecture, craft, infrastructure, and operations
Work in a modern stack: Golang, Kafka, GCP, Kubernetes, MariaDB
Join a high-impact, hyper-growth company focused on offensive security and continuous learning

Creative problem solving
Design and coding in Go
Pragmatic architectural taste
Systems expertise in distributed systems, databases, and infrastructure
At least 10 years professional experience writing enterprise software
Deep experience with Go
Proven experience in operating production software
Experience with microservice, distributed systems, event-driven, and multi-tenant architectures
Experience with Kafka and Kubernetes
Experience developing on and scaling platforms leveraging GKE, Kubernetes, Istio, Kafka, Benthos, OPA
Bachelors in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, or related fields
End-to-end ownership on problems
Ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic
Comfortable dealing with ambiguity in an environment where we build the plane as we fly it
Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment
Obsession with addressing customer problems