Senior Backend Software Engineer

Praetorian

full-time

Posted on: 8/27/2025

Location: 🇺🇸 United States

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AWSCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsGoNeo4jNode.js

About the role

At Praetorian, our mission is to prevent breaches before they occur. We deliver on that vision by hiring the top 1% of offensive security talent and empowering them to tackle the industry’s most complex security challenges. Through red team engagements, sophisticated attack simulations, and Chariot—our fully managed continuous threat exposure management platform—we help organizations stay in control of their dynamic attack surfaces. Design, build, and test backend software components in Go Write clean and scalable code with automated tests Backend engineers run the production systems Provide technical leadership End-to-end ownership on problems High standard and level of output and work ethic Agency in dealing with ambiguity Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment Obsession with addressing customer problems

At least 3 years professional experience writing enterprise software Experience with Go Proven experience in operating production software Experience with developing on and scaling for platforms leveraging AWS Serverless and Neo4j Bachelors in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, or related fields Creative problem solving Design and coding in Go Pragmatic architectural taste Systems expertise in distributed systems, databases, and infrastructure