Research Engineer, Software Engineer – Full Stack
XBOW
AWSCloudGoGraphQLJavaScriptKotlinNode.jsPostgresReactTerraformTypeScript
Research Engineer / Software Engineer – Platform, Core Infrastructure
XBOW
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteSalary
💰 $150,000 - $350,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoKotlinTerraformTypeScript
About the role
- Design and implement infrastructure systems that scale reliably and securely, and can be deployed across multiple cloud environments (AWS, Azure, OCI etc.) and contexts (SaaS, on prem).
- Tune and optimize cloud services across compute, storage, networking, and observability to drive performance, reliability and maintainability of core services.
- Develop our core services, written in TypeScript, Kotlin and Go (and pick them up quickly if you haven’t used them before) to support our unique deployment and infrastructure requirements.
- Support large-scale systems with event driven architectures.
- Own problems end-to-end—from design through deployment to production support
- Navigate ambiguity and help define *how* we build as much as *what* we build
- Partner closely with other engineers, AI researchers and Security researchers to enable high-quality, high-velocity product development
- Design for resilience by implementing disaster recovery and business continuity strategies that ensure uptime, even when things break
- Improve how we build, deploy, and monitor services at scale
Requirements
- Strong experience building and operating scalable, distributed systems on cloud infrastructure such as AWS or similar.
- Comfortable working with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CDK) and see infra as part of the engineering system—not something separate from it.
- A track record of performance tuning across cloud services, databases, and compute layers
- Eager to learn new tools, languages, and technologies as needed
- A thoughtful communicator who values clarity and simplicity and is comfortable working in a fast-paced startup and navigating ambiguity
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work with incomplete information
- Curious, practical, and eager to work across layers of the stack when needed
- You think proactively about failure modes and bring experience implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans that keep critical systems running.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and a generous equity package, making you a true owner of the company.
- Career Growth: Shape your role, lead the function, and grow with the company as we redefine cybersecurity.
- Meaningful Work: You will tackle technically complex challenges and play a pivotal role in the growth of our business, working alongside an amazing team and some of the world’s experts to shape how AI transforms cybersecurity.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
TypeScriptKotlinGocloud infrastructureinfrastructure as codeTerraformCDKperformance tuningdisaster recoverybusiness continuity
Soft skills
thoughtful communicatorproblem-solvingcuriositypracticalitynavigating ambiguityclaritysimplicitycollaborationproactivityadaptability
