Senior Backend Developer

Description

Company is a pioneer of Active ASPM , focused on securing the modern software supply chain in the age of AI. The platform reduces alert noise by identifying the critical 5% of truly reachable and exploitable risks across the SDLC—from GenAI-generated code to cloud runtime. We enable developers and security teams to ship secure software faster through visibility,automation, and actionable security intelligence.

We are looking for a strong Backend Engineer to join our Security Research group. This is a high-impact individual contributor role where you will:

Work closely with security researchers

Turn prototypes, scrapers, and research pipelines into scalable production systems

Own projects end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance

Build systems powering open-source intelligence and security research efforts

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable backend systems and data pipelines

Transform research prototypes into production-grade services

Work with large datasets and high-scale systems

Collaborate closely with security researchers and engineers

Ensure reliability, performance, and maintainability of services

Contribute to architecture decisions and system design

Leverage AI/LLMs and automation tools to improve engineering workflows

Requirements

5+ years of backend development experience (Python, JavaScript, or similar)

Experience building and operating production SaaS services

Strong experience with high-scale systems and large datasets

Ability to independently drive projects end-to-end

Experience designing scalable architectures and data pipelines

Strong problem-solving and builder mindset

Comfortable using AI tools / LLMs in development workflows

Nice to Have (Bonus Points)

Experience at a cybersecurity startup

Malware analysis or reverse engineering (obfuscation, encryption, sandboxing, time-bombs)

Originally posted on Himalayas