Software Engineer II - Message Security Products

Menlo Ventures; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal AI in Singapore is seeking a Software Engineer II, Backend Engineer to own CEP backend services, design event-driven pipelines with Kafka and Airflow, and support multi-tenant, multi-cloud deployments with enterprise-grade reliability.

Join a fast-moving team that embraces AI-assisted tooling and ships features that reduce legacy SEG. You will collaborate with product and cross-functional partners to move customers to Abnormal, improving observability and production quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Backend development experience with Python or Golang.
• Experience building scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services powering CEP's product surface.
• Design and evolve event-driven pipelines (Kafka consumers, Airflow DAGs) that process email traffic reliably at enterprise scale.
• Work across a multi-tenant, multi-cloud deployment footprint (M365 and Google Workspace customers, FedRAMP environments).
• Leverage AI-augmented development tools to explore solutions, refine outputs, and deliver reliable production outcomes faster.
• Collaborate with product and cross-functional partners to iterate quickly on features that move customers from legacy SEGs to Abnormal.
• Contribute to service reliability, observability, and operational quality as the team scales its product surface.

Skills

Python

Golang

Backend development

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Computer science fundamentals

Performance optimization

Event-driven systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Airflow

Job description

About the Role

Abnormal AI is redefining cybersecurity with an AI-native platform that protects modern enterprises from advanced email attacks, account compromise, and human-targeted threats. Our products help security teams detect sophisticated attacks, investigate risk quickly, and automate response at enterprise scale. We're building a team of strong engineers who are excited to use modern AI development tools to build faster, make better decisions, and ship high-quality software with more leverage.

We're looking for a Software Engineer II, Backend Engineer based in Singapore to join the CEP (Critical Email Products) in the MSP (Message Security Products) organisation. The CEP team ships the capabilities enterprises need to fully consolidate on Abnormal and remove their legacy email gateway. This is feature parity work with direct business impact, and every capability CEP ships unblocks customers who are ready to move off their SEG but held back by missing functionality. The team currently owns a suite of SEG features that include, but are not limited to, URL Rewriting and Email Digest.

If you enjoy moving fast, owning systems end to end, and working alongside engineers who hold a high bar, this is the team and opportunity for you!

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain backend services powering CEP's product surface
• Design and evolve event-driven pipelines (Kafka consumers, Airflow DAGs) that process email traffic reliably at enterprise scale.
• Work across a multi-tenant, multi-cloud deployment footprint (M365 and Google Workspace customers, FedRAMP environments)
• Leverage AI-augmented development tools to explore solutions, refine outputs, and deliver reliable production outcomes faster.
• Collaborate with product and cross-functional partners to iterate quickly on features that move customers from legacy SEGs to Abnormal.
• Contribute to service reliability, observability, and operational quality as the team scales its product surface.

Must Haves

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Backend development experience with Python or Golang.
• Experience building scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, and performance optimization.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude.
• Experience with event-driven systems: Kafka, SQS, or similar message queue / stream processing patterns.
• Familiarity with email delivery pipelines, email authentication standards (DMARC, DKIM, SPF), or email security products.
• Exposure to multi-tenant SaaS architectures or enterprise integrations (M365, Google Workspace APIs).
• Experience improving service reliability, observability, and operational tooling in production systems.
• Prior work in cybersecurity, email security, or compliance-adjacent domains.

AI and our hiring process

Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and identify areas for the interviewer to explore. They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person.

Abnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. For our EEO policy statement please click here. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.