Senior Backend Engineer (Cybersecurity, Go)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Cybersecurity, Go): Architecting and implementing cutting-edge cloud security detection systems for multi-cloud environments with an accent on custom query languages, event orchestration, and advanced correlation engines. Focus on designing elegant systems to identify real-world threats, processing complex event patterns with minimal latency, and ensuring system reliability for cybersecurity.

Location: Hybrid, based in London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in cybersecurity, specializing in an AI-native platform that protects organizations by stopping breaches through large-scale distributed systems.

What you will do

• Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across hirify.global products.
• Leverage and build cloud-based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence production at a global scale.
• Brainstorm, define and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
• Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend, and data storage technologies and our system.
• Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability.
• Be given the autonomy to own your work in a high trust environment.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of scalability and distributed systems (sharding, partitioning, concurrency, etc.).
• A thorough understanding of engineering best practices, appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, and resilient architecture.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.
• The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Being a team player.

Nice to have

• Contributions to the open-source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).
• Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch.
• Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence field.
• Experience in thinking about, designing, or implementing programming languages and/or compilers.
• Interesting hobbies.

Culture & Benefits

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards.
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge.
• Paid parental and adoption leaves.
• Professional development opportunities for all employees.
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections.
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities.
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe.