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Software Engineer (Backend, Distributed Systems)

Censys builds comprehensive, real-time Internet intelligence used by governments, Fortune 500 companies, and threat intelligence providers. We are hiring a Backend Software Engineer focused on distributed systems to build scalable services, APIs, data pipelines, and internal tooling that make large datasets highly available and actionable for research and security use cases.

Skills

  • 3+ years building distributed systems such as data ingestion pipelines, databases, or backend services.
  • Proficient in object-oriented programming; experience with Go preferred.
  • Experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Familiarity with message queue technologies (Kinesis, Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc.).
  • Experience working with large-scale databases (BigTable, Spanner, HBase, Cassandra, etc.).
  • Solid understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability in distributed systems.
  • Able to write clear, testable, maintainable code and communicate effectively across teams.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain large-scale, real-time services and APIs that leverage massive datasets for internal and external consumers.
  • Develop tooling, libraries, frameworks, and services to support security, research, and data platform initiatives.
  • Productionize prototypes into reliable, maintainable internal tools or platform capabilities.
  • Participate in architectural planning and technical discussions with engineering and product teams.
  • Develop and maintain data pipelines, messaging systems, databases, caching layers, and cloud/on-prem services.
  • Collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers and Security Researchers to implement solutions that improve security outcomes.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Master's degree is a plus but not required.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with bonus eligibility and equity
  • Health, vision, and dental benefits (effective day one)
  • 401(k) match
  • Remote-first work environment with flexible location within the US
  • Paid time off and standard company leave policies
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