Senior Backend Engineer, Exposure Management

Censys

Remote, Canada
Base: $135,000 usd - $188,000 usd; bonus/equity: b...
Fully remote
Backend apis and grpc services
Real-time and near-real-time services
Distributed systems fundamentals
Censys is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their Exposure Management team, focusing on building and maintaining backend services that leverage extensive datasets for real-time visibility. The role emphasizes collaboration, technical leadership, and a strong customer focus, offering a remote work environment and competitive benefits

Job Summary

  • Design, build, and own backend APIs and gRPC services that integrate data from multiple internal teams and systems.
  • Leverage AI and LLMs to enhance automation, accelerate development workflows, and improve customer-facing intelligence.
  • Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentorship, and setting a high bar for code quality, performance, and operational reliability.

Matching Summary

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Censys is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their Exposure Management team, focusing on building and maintaining backend services that leverage extensive datasets for real-time visibility. The role emphasizes collaboration, technical leadership, and a strong customer focus, offering a remote work environment and competitive benefits.

Salary

Base: $135,000 USD - $188,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: bonus eligibility and equity; Benefits: equity, health, dental & vision coverage, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, flexible PTO, professional development stipend

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • backend APIs and gRPC services
  • real-time and near-real-time services
  • distributed systems fundamentals
  • horizontally scalable, fault-tolerant systems
  • CI/CD workflows, testing, monitoring, alerting, deployment

Nice-to-have

  • AI and LLMs for automation
  • microservice-based designs with GCP PubSub
  • containerized services in Kubernetes
  • understanding of Internet protocols (WHOIS, DNS)

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering
  • 3+ years of experience with Golang
  • Experience designing and consuming REST and gRPC APIs
  • Strong distributed systems fundamentals
  • Strong communication and documentation skills

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