Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Data Platform

Formal; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options grant

Competitive cash compensation

Healthcare coverage

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Formal is building a network security platform for the AI era. We seek an engineer who can design and scale data-intensive backend systems using Go, Kafka, and cloud-native infrastructure.

You will own features end-to-end from design to production, with a focus on performance, reliability, and fast iteration in a startup setting. Candidates should have strong ownership, production debugging skills, and a track record of delivering scalable services on AWS, using Docker, Kubernetes, and

Qualifications

• Software development experience building data-intensive software platforms.
• You value code simplicity and performance.
• Strong knowledge of Golang and its ecosystem.
• Experience with streaming data processing frameworks such as Apache Kafka and Google Pub/Sub.
• Experience debugging and optimizing complex production systems.
• Experience working in DBs, OS, networking, or other systems-level environments.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes) and infrastructure as a code technologies (Terraform).
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.
• You are a strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a high performance data platform that can handle large volumes of data in real-time
• Build new product features from start to finish through to research, implementation, and maintenance
• Help improve performance and reliability of net new and existing features
• Lead any initiative you think may have a strong impact on Formal
• Design scalable services as Formal grows and processes more traffic

Skills

Backend systems

Code simplicity

Production debugging

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Ownership

Tools

Golang

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Apache Kafka

Google Pub/Sub

Postgres

S3

MySQL

AWS

Job description

Formal is building a network security platform for the AI era. We seek an engineer who can design and scale data-intensive backend systems using Go, Kafka, and cloud-native infrastructure.

You will own features end-to-end from design to production, with a focus on performance, reliability, and fast iteration in a startup setting. Candidates should have strong ownership, production debugging skills, and a track record of delivering scalable services on AWS, using Docker, Kubernetes, and