Staff Security Platform Engineer - Backend Lead (Remote)

coalition; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Health coverage

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Wellness programs

Performance-based compensation

Job summary

coalition is seeking a Staff-level individual contributor to serve as the technical lead for a security engineering team building a cyber risk management platform. This remote-first role combines hands-on backend ownership with architectural leadership and mentoring in a fast-moving environment.

Recent work includes launching an identity and inbox protection MVP, with plans for new customer segments on the roadmap.

Qualifications

• Experience designing distributed backend services in production.
• Ability to set architectural standards and mentor others.
• Proficiency in a modern backend language; Python + FastAPI preferred; Go welcome.
• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows for code generation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, design, and engineering to translate goals into delivery plans with strong backend focus.
• Own the technical vision, architecture, and evolution of backend systems; simplify microservices.
• Set high standards for code quality, testing, and reliability; leverage AI-assisted tools.
• Lead engineers within a security engineering group; mentor on architectural trade-offs.
• Collaborate across departments to make cross-product technical decisions.
• Participate in an on-call rotation (approx. one week every eight weeks).

Skills

Distributed systems

Architectural leadership

Backend development

Event-driven architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring

Python

TypeScript

Go

API design

Tools

AWS

Kafka

SQS

FastAPI

Job description

coalition is seeking a Staff-level individual contributor to serve as the technical lead for a security engineering team building a cyber risk management platform. This remote-first role combines hands-on backend ownership with architectural leadership and mentoring in a fast-moving environment.

Recent work includes launching an identity and inbox protection MVP, with plans for new customer segments on the roadmap.