Backend Engineer

A well-funded, high-growth Cybersecurity and Agentic AI scale-up pioneering next-generation security platforms for the modern software development lifecycle and autonomous AI ecosystems. Founded by seasoned serial entrepreneurs and elite technological unit veterans, the company is backed by tier-1 global venture capital firms with tens of millions of dollars in capital, and already protects enterprise assets across premier global Fortune 500 corporations. The company engineers an advanced AI-driven platform delivering continuous visibility, real-time threat detection, and risk prioritization across the software supply chain, alongside groundbreaking runtime security and behavioral guardrails for autonomous AI agents. As an authentic AI-First engineering organization, the company combines multinational enterprise credibility with an agile, high-velocity R&D culture tackling complex, distributed, data-intensive challenges. Located in the Central District immediately adjacent to primary train transit, operating on a hybrid model with one day working from home. Role Description- Serving as a Senior Software Engineer (Backend-Oriented, 80/20), joining an established, high-velocity engineering squad to design and build high-throughput, distributed cybersecurity and AI-protection platforms. Architecting, developing, and scaling core distributed backend microservices primarily in Go (Golang), alongside select integrations in .NET, operating on top of AWS. Designing and implementing responsive user interfaces, visualization workflows, and interactive security consoles utilizing React on the frontend. Building resilient data pipelines and asynchronous messaging layers leveraging PostgreSQL, GraphQL, RabbitMQ, and Amazon S3. Working in an authentic AI-First engineering culture, deeply integrating and leveraging modern AI-assisted developer environments, agentic frameworks, and LLM tooling throughout daily development and debugging cycles. Collaborating cross-functionally with security researchers, product designers, and distributed system architects to rapidly transition complex application security models into production-grade infrastructure. Requirements- 5 years of dedicated professional software development experience in the industry – Mandatory Deep, proven hands-on development expertise in Go (Golang), with strong openness to candidates with substantial depth in Node.js or Python transitioning into Go – Mandatory Solid background operating within fast-paced, high-growth startup environments with a demonstrated track record of rapid, intelligent feature delivery – Mandatory Hands-on mastery in utilizing modern AI-assisted developer workflows and LLM tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, AI code agents) as an integral part of daily engineering practice – Mandatory B.Sc. in Computer Science (or closely related discipline) from an accredited university OR an alumnus of an elite technological military unit (IDF Tech Units / 8200 / Mamram / Talpiot or equivalent) – Mandatory Working practical experience with frontend web development using React – Mandatory Proven background designing and scaling complex, distributed, data-intensive backend architectures – Mandatory High degree of technical agility, collaborative teamwork, and fluent communication in English (written and verbal) – Mandatory Show more Show less