Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Platform Development

Teleport

Senior Backend Engineer working on scalable cloud platform solutions for secure AI infrastructure at Teleport. Collaborate globally to innovate services for enterprise security demands.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $222,000 - $342,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoKubernetesLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work on problems ranging from networking and performance to security and integrations with external systems to the securing Agentic AI for enterprise.
Write most of the code in Go.
Contribute critical components to the projects like multi-cluster Kubernetes operators for managing Teleport at scale, zero-downtime services upgrade, evolve the global ingress stack with Envoy, Gateway API, and ALPN routing, building the trusted runtimes for infrastructure agents (our latest product - BEAMS), and others.
Own the outcomes and deliver on ambitious quarterly goals.
Closely collaborate with other teams in the Cloud Organization.
Master and thoughtfully apply technological advancements in AI space.
Grow your technical expertise.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Willingness to collaboratively work with Teleports’ engineers on coding challenge in Go as part of the interview process.
Extensive Go experience.
Strong expertise with Kubernetes, including experience writing controllers and extending Kubernetes via APIs.
Extensive experience developing scalable, reliable, and performant systems.
Strong security-related engineering experience and strong interest in the security space.
Proficiency with AWS and other cloud services.
Linux systems engineering experience.
Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies.
Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Extensive health coverage
Annual expense budget
Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge
Investment in your future with retirement savings plans
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoKubernetesAWSLinux systems engineeringscalable systems developmentreliable systems developmentperformant systems developmentsecurity engineeringAPI developmentmulti-cluster management

Soft Skills

collaborationtransparencyhonestyno-ego mindsetintellectual curiositytechnical expertise growthownershipgoal-oriented