Backend Team Lead

Upwind is a next-generation Cloud Security Platform that leverages runtime context to identify and prioritize critical risks, providing precise insights and efficient cloud security management. Unlike traditional tools, Upwind uses runtime data proactively for risk prioritization and posture insights, ensuring teams focus on what truly matters. With industry-leading efficiency and eBPF-powered sensors, Upwind delivers comprehensive capabilities, including agentless cloud posture discovery, real-time threat protection, and integrated API security. From misconfigurations to malware defense, Upwind ensures end-to-end, cost-effective cloud infrastructure protection. At Upwind, you’ll have the opportunity to think creatively, explore new ideas, and use your skills to make a meaningful impact on our growth.

We are looking for an experienced Backend Team Lead to join our Backend Engineering group and lead a strong team of engineers.

In this role, you will combine hands-on technical leadership with people management, while tackling complex engineering challenges on a daily basis. The team is responsible for designing, building, and continuously improving scalable backend systems in a cloud-native environment.

You will work with all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and lead development using cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Neo4j, ElasticSearch, Redis, TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ, and more. This is a key leadership role with direct impact on architecture, delivery, and team growth.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the entire lifecycle of the projects, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring and maintenance in the production environment
• Contributing to technological and architectural decisions
• Conducting design and code reviews
• Analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various backend system components
• Interfacing with other teams (e.g. Frontend, DevOps) to deliver best-in-class features

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience with Backend Engineering in a high-level programming language (e.g. Java, C#, Python, Go)
• 3+ years of experience as a Team Lead
• Experience with cloud platforms and products (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure)
• Experience implementing data-intensive systems (message queue technologies)
• Experience with microservices based architecture
• Experience in the cyber security industry - advantage.