Go Backend Engineer - Security SaaS Platform (Startup)

Allen Recruitment; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen Recruitment is hiring for a fast-growing security software company building a modern platform used by security teams. This backend role offers high ownership, where you’ll move fast, own core services, and power security workflows at scale.

You’ll work in Go to build and maintain backend services, design REST APIs, optimize PostgreSQL schemas for high-volume data, and integrate with third‑party systems.

Qualifications

• Domain + environment: startup experience, security software product experience.
• Technical: Go (Golang) backend services, REST APIs, PostgreSQL schema design and optimization, 3rd‑party integrations, observability, SaaS backend, and security patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs in Go
• Design and optimise PostgreSQL schemas and queries for high-volume data
• Build reliable integration layers across internal services and third-party systems
• Implement observability across services (metrics, tracing, logging)
• Apply security best practices across the backend
• Collaborate with engineers to improve platform reliability

Skills

Go (Golang)

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

3rd‑party API integrations

Observability

SaaS backend

Security best practices

Job description

Allen Recruitment is hiring for a fast-growing security software company building a modern platform used by security teams. This backend role offers high ownership, where you’ll move fast, own core services, and power security workflows at scale.

You’ll work in Go to build and maintain backend services, design REST APIs, optimize PostgreSQL schemas for high-volume data, and integrate with third‑party systems.