Senior Backend Engineer, Core Services

Censys; Remote; CAD 191,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading internet intelligence company is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to enhance core services that power critical infrastructure for authentication, authorization, and analytics. This remote position requires expertise in Golang and distributed systems, with a competitive salary range of $137,000 to $165,000 for most locations, plus bonuses. Benefits like health, vision, and dental are effective from day one, and the company prides itself on a diverse team and inclusive culture.

Benefits

Health insurance

401k match

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Qualifications

• Experience writing backend services in Golang.
• Understanding of distributed systems and related challenges.
• General knowledge of database design and access patterns.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and extend services for core functionality.
• Expand authentication, authorization, and analytics capabilities.
• Build, test, deploy, and monitor distributed services.
• Collaborate with product team and other engineering teams.
• Improve developer experience for stakeholders.

Skills

Backend services in Golang

Distributed systems knowledge

Database design

Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)

Collaboration skills

Troubleshooting skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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 position is remote 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
• Improve the developer experience for both internal and external stakeholders

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
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Telepathic communication

Bonus Points:

• Experience building services within GCP
• Experience using Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience with SSO, SAML, and/or OIDC
• Experience from a SaaS startup environment

For high cost of living areas (San Francisco Bay, New York City, and Seattle), the expected salary range for this position is $161,000 USD – $192,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.

For all other locations, the expected salary range for this position is $137,000 USD – $165,000 USD, plus 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 and 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.

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