Backend Engineer

About Us

CyCognito solves one of the most fundamental business problems in cybersecurity: seeing how attackers view your organization, where they are most likely to break in, what systems and assets are at risk and how you can eliminate the exposure.

Founded by national intelligence agency veterans, CyCognito has a deep understanding of how attackers exploit blind spots and a path of least resistance. CyCognito serves a number of large enterprises and Fortune 500 organizations, including Colgate-Palmolive, Tesco and many others.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer with a curious mindset to join our Engine team, building the core of our platform using modern AI-powered development tools.

Role Responsibilities:

• Design, Implement, and Operate Complex Backend Systems: Develop and manage highly scalable backend systems capable of handling high volumes of data. This involves the full development lifecycle, from initial design through to production deployment.
• Support Surrounding Teams: Collaborate with other teams to ensure the backend systems meet the needs of the entire organization.
• Part of a Strong Development Team: Work as a member of a skilled development team, contributing to the team’s success.
• End-to-End Responsibility: Take full ownership of projects, from design and implementation to production and maintenance.
  
  

• Experience: At least 5 years of professional experience in enterprise-level software development.
• High-Availability Production Systems: Hands-on experience working with systems that require high availability and reliability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills: we’re looking for an amazing teammate who thrives working across teams and collaborates with multiple interfaces.
• Database Knowledge: Strong understanding of databases. The company uses MongoDB, Bigtable, PostgreSQL, and other databases.
• Microservices Experience: Experience with microservices architecture, particularly in complex systems.
  
  

• Experience with Python: Proficiency in Python is a significant asset.
• Clojure Experience: Experience with Clojure or other functional languages is considered a major advantage.
• Data Orientation: A strong focus on and experience with data is highly desirable.
• AI-assisted tools: Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or similar.