Senior Software Engineer – Security, Distributed Systems

RAPIDFORT

Senior software engineer building backend distributed systems for RapidFort’s cybersecurity and software supply chain platform. Developing secure, scalable services across Linux, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.

Posted 8/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building reliable backend services and distributed systems, with a strong focus on cybersecurity and software supply chain security. Proficient in developing scalable APIs, managing large volumes of data, and implementing security best practices across cloud and containerized environments.

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Backend Platform DevelopmentDistributed Systems ArchitecturePython ProgrammingKubernetes ManagementCloud Environment Design

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Hard Skills

PythonGoC++JavaLinux SystemsAPI DevelopmentMicroservicesDockerRelational DatabasesNoSQL Databases

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesAWSAzureGCPCI/CD Systems

Industry Keywords

CybersecuritySoftware Supply Chain SecurityVulnerability ManagementDevSecOpsSBOMs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesNoSQLPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain highly reliable backend services and distributed systems
Develop core components of RapidFort’s cybersecurity and software supply chain security platform
Build systems for processing, analyzing, and managing large volumes of security, vulnerability, package, container, and runtime data
Design scalable APIs, services, data pipelines, and internal platform components
Develop software operating across Linux, containerized, Kubernetes, and cloud environments
Solve complex problems involving concurrency, performance, scalability, reliability, and distributed processing
Work with container images, software packages, dependencies, vulnerabilities, SBOMs, and other software supply chain data
Improve performance and efficiency of large-scale security analysis and remediation workflows
Diagnose complex problems across applications, operating systems, containers, networks, and distributed services
Design systems with security, reliability, observability, and fault tolerance built in
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested production code
Participate in architecture and technical design discussions
Review code and establish strong engineering practices
Collaborate with security researchers, product managers, and engineers to turn security problems into scalable product capabilities
Own projects from technical design through production deployment

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally building backend platforms or distributed systems
Strong programming experience with Python, Go, C++, Java, or similar backend/system-level languages
Deep understanding of distributed systems and production backend architecture
Strong knowledge of Linux systems and internals
Experience building APIs, backend services, microservices, or large-scale data-processing systems
Hands-on experience with Docker, containers, and Kubernetes
Experience designing software for cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Strong understanding of networking, processes, filesystems, memory, CPU utilization, and system performance
Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases and large-scale data systems
Understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, queues, caching, and distributed workloads
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across multiple layers of a technology stack
Ability to independently own complex engineering problems from design through implementation
Strong written and verbal communication skills
U.S. citizenship is required
Security-related experience is highly valuable in areas including software supply chain security, application or cloud security, vulnerability management, container security, Kubernetes security, software composition analysis, SBOMs and software dependency analysis, CVEs and vulnerability intelligence, Linux security, DevSecOps, package management and software build systems, and runtime security or workload analysis
Preferred qualifications include experience building security products or developer/security infrastructure; large software or vulnerability datasets; container images, registries, layers, packages, and dependencies; Kubernetes internals and container runtimes; Linux package ecosystems such as RPM, DEB, or APK; CI/CD systems and modern software build pipelines; performance profiling and optimization; open-source security tooling and vulnerability databases; highly available systems; and high-growth cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software companies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity participation
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off and company holidays
Remote-first work environment
Flexible working arrangements
Professional development and career-growth opportunities
Opportunity to work on advanced cybersecurity and cloud-native technology
Significant technical ownership and direct access to senior engineering leadership