Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Security - US

Teleport

1d•$222,000 - $342,000•Remote

About The Position

Teleport is seeking a product-focused Senior Backend Engineer to join their Core Product team. This role will concentrate on application security for Teleport, involving the implementation of security controls and collaboration with security researchers to identify and resolve vulnerabilities. The position requires writing code primarily in Go, as Teleport is an open-core project with most of its codebase being open source.

Requirements

Willingness to work collaboratively with Teleport's engineers on coding challenge in Go as part of the interview process.
Extensive Go experience.
Extensive experience developing scalable distributed systems and platforms with the focus on application security.
Linux systems engineering experience.
Strong knowledge of Identity Management, RBAC, ABAC, and zero-trust security models.
Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies.
Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset.

Nice To Haves

Secure design and threat modeling experience
Vulnerability research experience
Applied Cryptography knowledge
Significant contributions in Open Source.

Responsibilities

Become an expert on everything related to application security at Teleport.
Design, develop, and ship outstanding, high-quality products.
Write most of the code in Go.
Closely collaborate with other teams at Teleport on matters related to application security.
Master and thoughtfully apply technological advancements in the AI space.
Grow your technical expertise.