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An integrated platform to prevent insider incidents while optimizing security and user privacy
The Role
Design, build, deploy, and maintain DTEX’s platform and data pipelines. Develop scalable Python microservices, manage containerized Kubernetes deployments, optimize OpenSearch and PostgreSQL storage, improve search performance, and build big-data analytics features. The role also emphasizes security, data protection, full lifecycle ownership, mentoring, testing, automation, and continuous improvement.
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About the Job:
As a Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining our DTEX InTERCEPT platform. You will work with a talented team of engineers to develop and deploy robust solutions that address the ever-evolving challenges of insider risk.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications/Attributes:
Why Join Us?
About DTEX
DTEX is the leader in risk-adaptive security, unifying human, data, and AI risk through a behavioral intelligence platform. Built for enterprise scale, DTEX detects threats early and prevents breaches before they impact the business.
By analyzing how people, data, and AI systems interact, DTEX surfaces early indicators of risk that other tools miss and provides the context needed to act with precision. The platform brings together insider risk management, risk-adaptive data protection, user and entity behavior analytics, user activity monitoring, and AI risk management into a single, cohesive solution.
Organizations and governments worldwide rely on DTEX to protect sensitive data, enable secure innovation, and safeguard trust. With privacy-by-design telemetry and adaptive controls, security teams can reduce risk without disrupting productivity.
Joining DTEX means working on some of the most complex and high-impact security challenges facing enterprises today.
DTEX is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Base salary range (SF Bay Area): $150K-220K
As a Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining our DTEX InTERCEPT platform. You will work with a talented team of engineers to develop and deploy robust solutions that address the ever-evolving challenges of insider risk.
Responsibilities:
- Expertise in microservice architecture, develop services optimized for speed and scalability, ensuring robust performance of data pipelines under high-demand conditions.
- Implement and manage containerization technologies, including Podman and Kubernetes, to ensure efficient deployment and operation of our platform.
- Write high-quality Python code, including testing, automation, documentation, and adherence to software engineering best practices.
- Design and implement efficient strategies for storage and retrieval of high-volume data from OpenSearch and Postgres databases.
- Lead efforts to improve search relevance, performance and user experience through tuning, optimization, and experimentation.
- Design and implement features for the big data analytics platform that is part of the DTEX solution.
- Implement best practices for system security and data protection, adhering to industry standards and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrate a high degree of ownership in all facets of the development lifecycle, from design to deployment and iterative improvements.
- Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
Qualifications/Attributes:
- BS in CS or equivalent and 5+ years of experience in developing software.
- Indepth experience using OpenSearch or ElasticSearch.
- Proven experience in writing high quality code in Python or any other functional/OO language with a track record of shipping impactful software.
- Proficiency in at least one of the Cloud Technologies AWS or GCP and orchestration using Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker Swarm or Mesos.
- Proficiency in implementing, designing, and scaling production level APIs in cloud environments.
- Proficiency in Django, PostgreSQL, or any other SQL database,
- Knowledge of Linux Systemd, daemons, services, and cron subsystems is a huge plus but not a requirement.
- Strong communication and organizational skills.
- Proactive self-starter.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complex problems and prioritize what matters most for the team and business.
- Prior experience working in a startup is a plus
- Experience using IDE embedded AI is a plus
Why Join Us?
- Impact at Scale – Build and lead DTEX’s first sales enablement function, shaping how we scale commercial excellence across the world.
- Thriving Company Culture – At DTEX, we foster a values-driven environment that prioritizes respect, inclusion, and collaboration.
- Growth & Development – We believe in lifelong learning and provide opportunities for continuous professional development.
- Flexibility – Work in a hybrid or remote environment that balances collaboration with autonomy.
- Comprehensive Benefits – Competitive compensation, equity participation, health and wellness benefits, and generous time-off policies.
About DTEX
DTEX is the leader in risk-adaptive security, unifying human, data, and AI risk through a behavioral intelligence platform. Built for enterprise scale, DTEX detects threats early and prevents breaches before they impact the business.
By analyzing how people, data, and AI systems interact, DTEX surfaces early indicators of risk that other tools miss and provides the context needed to act with precision. The platform brings together insider risk management, risk-adaptive data protection, user and entity behavior analytics, user activity monitoring, and AI risk management into a single, cohesive solution.
Organizations and governments worldwide rely on DTEX to protect sensitive data, enable secure innovation, and safeguard trust. With privacy-by-design telemetry and adaptive controls, security teams can reduce risk without disrupting productivity.
Joining DTEX means working on some of the most complex and high-impact security challenges facing enterprises today.
DTEX is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Base salary range (SF Bay Area): $150K-220K
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 5+ years of software development experience
- In-depth experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch
- Experience writing high-quality software in Python or another functional/object-oriented language
- Experience shipping impactful software
- Proficiency with AWS or GCP
- Proficiency with Kubernetes or an equivalent orchestration technology such as EKS, ECS, Docker Swarm, or Mesos
- Experience designing and scaling production APIs in cloud environments
- Proficiency in Django, PostgreSQL, or another SQL database
- Strong communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Proactive self-starter
- Ability to simplify complex problems and prioritize business and team needs
- Knowledge of Linux Systemd, daemons, services, and cron subsystems
- Prior startup experience
- Experience using IDE-embedded AI
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The Company
What We Do
As the global leader for insider risk management, DTEX empowers organizations to prevent data loss and support a trusted workforce by stopping insider risks from becoming insider threats. Its InTERCEPT™ platform consolidates the essential elements of DLP, UBA and UAM in a single light-weight platform to detect and mitigate insider risks well before data loss occurs. Combining AI/ML with behavioral indicators, DTEX enables proactive insider risk management at scale without sacrificing employee privacy or network performance. Whether you are just starting to build your insider threat program or want to learn more about how to integrate DTEX into your current tech stack, such as Microsoft E5, CrowdStrike, or Splunk, we're here to help. Our platform is scalable, easy to use, and provides the visibility you need for a remote working world. Request a demo with us today so we can show you exactly how DTEX InTERCEPT can help you manage internal risk: https://www.dtexsystems.com/request-a-demo/.
Why Work With Us
Our philosophy towards our business is the same as our philosophy towards technology: People come first. Our core values guide our behavior, decision-making, and you’ll find a group of individuals that really care about meeting or beating client expectations every time – building proactive relationships along the way
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