Software Engineer II

Overview

Software Engineer II on a zero-to-one team building a real-time threat intelligence platform that streams critical security data to enterprise teams at scale.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain high-performance backend services using Python or Golang.
• Build and optimize streaming architectures to handle live threat intelligence with low latency.
• Implement and tune OpenSearch/Elasticsearch layers so massive datasets are searchable and actionable.
• Take high-level goals and translate them into technical specs and clean, maintainable code.
• Manage your own deployments and infrastructure within AWS/EKS.
• Use AI tools to speed up development cycles and automate routine backend tasks.
• Work closely with the team to identify architectural gaps and proactively suggest improvements.

What you'll need

• 3–5+ years of production experience in backend development and systems design.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or similar message brokers/streaming platforms.
• Proven experience working with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at scale.
• Mandatory production experience with EKS (Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Python or Golang and solid experience with Postgres.
• Builder mindset: comfortable with zero-to-one challenges and defining requirements when specs are loose.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Information Systems, or a closely related engineering field.

Nice to have

• Deep familiarity with AWS.
• Frontend basics: familiarity with React/TypeScript for building internal tools or data visualizations.
• An interest in cybersecurity or experience working with security data.
• Experience using modern AI productivity tools to increase engineering velocity.

Details

• Hybrid, Bangalore, India.