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Cylake

Backend Engineer

Sunnyvale$150k–$250kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Join a cybersecurity startup to design and build the management layer for a distributed embedded system. You'll architect policy structures, configuration storage, secret management, and core engines that power next-generation security products alongside industry veterans.

What you'll do

  • Design and build the management layer for distributed embedded systems
  • Design policy structures and policy-as-code implementations
  • Build configuration storage and reliability systems
  • Implement secret management and security engines
  • Design and secure RESTful or gRPC-based APIs for highly available systems
  • Architect performant and robust backend systems from the ground up

What they're looking for

  • Backend or full-stack engineering (5+ years)
  • Modern backend languages (Go, Python, Node.js, Rust, or similar)
  • Database design and performance optimization
  • API design and architecture (REST/gRPC)
  • Policy engines and policy-as-code frameworks
  • Security and secret storage technologies
  • Technical communication and documentation
  • Cloud platforms and DevOps (preferred)

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation ($150,000 - $250,000 per year)
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Health and well-being support
  • Career growth opportunities from early stage
  • Work with industry veterans on impactful products
  • Equal opportunity employer with diversity commitment
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Cylake

Cylake builds an AI-native cybersecurity platform that combines endpoint security agents, observability infrastructure, and petabyte-scale data lakehouse capabilities to detect and prevent threats across systems. The company is hiring for platform engineers, data architects, frontend engineers, and systems engineers to build core infrastructure, analytics pipelines, security agent technology, and user experiences for threat investigation.

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Likely interview questions

  • Can you walk us through your experience designing and building APIs for highly available systems? What were the key challenges and how did you address reliability?
  • Tell us about your experience with policy engines or policy-as-code frameworks. How have you implemented them in production systems?
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