Censys’ mission is to be the one place to understand everything on the internet. Frustrated by the lack of trustworthy Internet intelligence, we set out to create the industry’s most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the Internet. Today, Censys delivers real-time Internet intelligence and actionable threat insights to global governments, over 50% of the Fortune 500, and leading threat intelligence providers worldwide.
Location:
This is a fully remote position within the United States or Canada.
Role Summary:
We’re hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will work on the Core Services team, which is the foundational group responsible for building and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers authentication, authorization, analytics, and user/account management across our platform. You will play a key part in shaping secure and scalable systems that support our core business capabilities. This will involve working closely with product and engineering stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into robust, extensible, and maintainable software solutions.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and extend services to provide new core functionality to the platform
- Expand our authentication, authorization, and analytics capabilities
- Build, test, deploy, and monitor a distributed set of services
- Work with the product team, designers, and other engineering teams
- Expand the Censys public API to reflect growing capabilities on the platform
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience writing backend services in Golang
- Understanding of distributed systems and the challenges that come with them
- General knowledge of database design and common access patterns
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
- Strong collaborative and teamwork skills
Bonus Points:
- Experience building services within GCP
- Experience using Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience with SSO, SAML, and/or OIDC
Our target salary range for this role is between $120,000 USD and $160,000 USD + bonus eligibility and equity.
In addition to our great compensation package, our benefits are effective on day one and include but are not limited to: 401k match, health, vision, dental, and more! Please see our careers page for more details.
Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan with location hubs in Seattle, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C. Our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives. For this role, we are open to remote employees across the continental US or Canada.
Note to external recruiters/agencies: We are not currently engaging with third-party agencies for this role and will not accept unsolicited outreach. We kindly ask that you do not submit resumes or candidate profiles to our team.
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What We Do
At Censys we believe that cybersecurity is critical to the future of our global economy. And in order to evolve cybersecurity defenses, both the public and private sector need access to best-in-class intelligence data. By arming our customers with the visibility and insights that they need to protect against critical threats, Censys provides the intelligence needed to bolster cybersecurity capabilities worldwide.
Why Work With Us
We are a rapidly growing cyber security startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives and diverse backgrounds. We welcome healthy debate, constructive conversations, and outside-the-box thinking to ensure we are moving fast, learning things, and iterating quickly.
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