Desarrollador de back-end

We are an open source seed-stage startup revolutionizing cloud security infrastructure. Our mission is to build cutting-edge, practitioner-friendly solutions that empower developers to secure their cloud environments effortlessly.

About Us

Prowler is a company that values our people as much as cybersecurity, demonstrated by mandatory PTO and a fully remote team. We collaborate, architect, and deploy security checks and remediations across cloud deployments at scale, helping users discover system edges and security gaps.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming work environment.

Responsibilities

1. Understand user and customer needs, define solutions with the team.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop the backend for Prowler.
3. Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable backend APIs using containerized Django apps and Python.
4. Contribute to backend architecture and infrastructure planning.
5. Optimize system performance, reliability, scalability, and security in a cloud-native environment.
6. Work with product owners, designers, and developers to define project requirements.
7. Lead code reviews, automated testing, and deployment workflows, mentoring others.
8. Improve best practices and industry standards.
9. Manage and optimize relational databases, primarily PostgreSQL.
10. Participate in community support, guiding others.

Qualifications / Skills / Experience

1. Advanced proficiency in Python; experience with Django is a plus.
2. 5+ years in backend development or equivalent.
3. Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation.
4. Expertise in relational database design, especially PostgreSQL.
5. Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
6. Proficiency with Git and collaborative workflows.
7. Knowledge of security, scalability, and maintainability best practices.
8. Experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes).
9. Familiarity with CI/CD tools and deployment automation.
10. Advocate for unit testing, documentation, and high code standards.
11. Ability to work independently and remotely.
12. Fluent in English; startup mindset: proactive, initiative-taking.

Preferred Skills

1. Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
2. Background in cloud security.
3. Contributions to open source projects.

Why Join Us

Work with a rapidly growing, innovative company in cloud security. Fully remote with flexible hours, competitive pay, ongoing learning, and a creative, dynamic team.

Work Hours & Benefits

This is a full-time, salaried role involving coding, testing, and deployment at scale. As a fully remote team across U.S. and EU time zones, responsibility for working hours and availability is essential. Benefits include mandatory PTO (~5 weeks), workstation stipend, flexible hours, and stock options.