Backend Engineer - Cybersecurity & Distributed Systems

Cylake; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cylake is seeking an experienced backend/full-stack engineer to design and build the management layer for a distributed embedded system in Sunnyvale. You will architect policy structures, configuration storage, reliability, and secret management engines, enabling a robust platform from the ground up.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend or full-stack roles, strong skills in Go, Python, Node.js, or Rust, and experience with RESTful or gRPC APIs, security and secret storage, and policy

Qualifications

• 5+ years as backend or full-stack engineer.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, Node.js, or Rust.
• Experience designing RESTful or gRPC APIs for highly available systems.
• Experience with policy engines and policy-as-code.
• Solid knowledge of security and secret storage technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the management layer for a distributed embedded system.
• Develop policy structures, configuration storage, reliability, and secret management engines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a robust, scalable product.

Skills

Go

Python

Node.js

Rust

RESTful APIs

gRPC APIs

Policy engines

Policy-as-code

Security

Secret storage

Documentation

Cloud providers

DevOps

Frontend experience

IoT/Embedded

Job description

Cylake is seeking an experienced backend/full-stack engineer to design and build the management layer for a distributed embedded system in Sunnyvale. You will architect policy structures, configuration storage, reliability, and secret management engines, enabling a robust platform from the ground up.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend or full-stack roles, strong skills in Go, Python, Node.js, or Rust, and experience with RESTful or gRPC APIs, security and secret storage, and policy