Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer – Early Stage Startup

About Us

Blast Security marks the end of reactive cloud security, replacing after-the-fact response with continuous prevention. Instead of reacting to threats and chasing alerts, Blast creates a living, preemptive defense fabric that continuously evolves with the enterprise cloud environment, eliminating alert fatigue, reducing operational friction, and shrinking the blast radius. For CISOs and security leaders, Blast delivers preemptive risk reduction and continuous control. Cloud and platform architects gain safe, scalable orchestration of native controls. SecOps and incident response teams see fewer alerts, blocked lateral movement, and less repetitive remediation, allowing them to focus on real threats and maintain environments secure by design.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling our backend systems.

You will:

• Assume ownership of end-to-end features and deliver real value to customers
• Design and build scalable backend systems and microservices
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs
• Take part in system design from conception to production
• Ensure high engineering standards with a focus on performance, scalability, and security
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product, and other stakeholders through design reviews and code reviews
• Thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with evolving requirements

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of experience in backend development and building scalable systems
• Strong proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Kotlin, Java, Python
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs
• Experience with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar)
• Experience building distributed systems using modern frameworks, such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Celery
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in Agile development environments

Soft Skills & Mindset

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams
• High level of ownership and responsibility for delivered solutions
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities
• Startup mentality - ability to move fast and wear multiple hats
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking skills
• Passion for continuous learning and improving engineering practices

Advantage

• Experience with NoSQL databases
• Experience working in a high-growth startup or early-stage company
• Experience with distributed systems or large-scale services