Software Engineer, Backend

Wintermeyer Ventures; California; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures is seeking a backend-focused Software Engineer to join an early-stage cybersecurity team in California. You will build and scale a platform that helps organizations understand and manage security risks across their digital environments.

The role emphasizes Go-based backend development, multi-tenant data features, and production-scale systems on Google Cloud. You’ll own projects end to end, contribute to architecture decisions, and collaborate closely with a small, hands-on

Qualifications

• Five or more years of backend software engineering experience.
• Experience with Go and macOS/Windows endpoints.
• Strong backend focus with architectural decision-making.
• Experience deploying large-scale systems and production workflows.
• Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and integrations with enterprise security platforms.
• Design platform components and event-driven pipelines that process large volumes of security data using Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
• Develop multi-tenant data features, including risk scoring, anomaly detection, and time-series aggregation.
• Contribute to infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, including deployment pipelines, monitoring, and observability.
• Ship features regularly, debug production issues, and collaborate with teammates, with opportunities for direct customer interaction.

Skills

Go

Backend development

System design

Production-scale systems

End-to-end ownership

Tools

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Google Cloud Platform

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring/Observability

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage cybersecurity team as a backend-focused Software Engineer. You will build and scale a platform that helps organizations understand and manage security risks across their digital environments.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain backend services and integrations with enterprise security platforms.
• Design platform components and event-driven pipelines that process large volumes of security data using Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
• Develop multi-tenant data features, including risk scoring, anomaly detection, and time-series aggregation.
• Contribute to infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, including deployment pipelines, monitoring, and observability.
• Ship features regularly, debug production issues, and collaborate with teammates, with opportunities for direct customer interaction.

What We're Looking For

• Five or more years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in an early-stage or high-growth startup.
• Hands-on experience with Go and macOS and Windows endpoints.
• Strong backend experience, with substantial backend work if your background is full-stack.
• Experience with systems internals, platform engineering, and production-scale systems.
• Ability to own projects end to end, make and document architectural decisions, and deliver beyond maintenance work.
• Experience working with large-scale systems and, ideally, deploying LLMs in production.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid role based in California, United States.