NEW JOB OPENING
SECURITY ENGINEER
IN Brooklyn Park, MN, USA!

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree



Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years of professional software development experience.

• Technical Depth: Strong proficiency in Go with deep understanding of configuration, deployment, and service design.

• Problem Solving: Ability to independently design testing strategies and resolve complex technical challenges.

• Communication: Effectively communicates Agile concepts and collaborates closely with cross-functional partners.

• Impact-Driven: Delivers secure, high-performance, low-latency solutions and understands downstream system impact.

• Continuous Learner: Actively stays current with evolving technologies through training and self-directed learning.

• Go: 4+ years building and maintaining production Go services, modules, and tests.

• Security & Cryptography: 2+ years designing and operating Vault integrations and KMS-style key management, including secure key lifecycles.

• Detection Engines: Hands-on experience with YARA/YARA-X or similar pattern-matching engines; familiarity with algorithms such as Aho–Corasick is a plus.

• Databases: 3+ years of Postgres experience, including migrations, indexing, and performance tuning.

• Streaming & Messaging: Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms; familiarity with Benthos or equivalent tools.

• Infrastructure: Proficiency with Docker, Docker Compose, Dockerfile optimization, and Makefile-driven workflows.

• Observability: Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and metrics instrumentation.







Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration engines.

• Exposure to Solr/Lucene search tuning and optimization.

• LDAP and/or OIDC integration experience.

• Deep understanding of pattern-matching algorithm performance trade-offs.





Job Duties:

Platform Development

• Maintain and extend a high-performance detection platform, including consumer rule processors (YARA/YARA-X), event producers, APIs, and asynchronous workflows.

• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of backend architecture to support scalability and reliability.

Secrets Management & Security

• Own the design, implementation, and operation of Vault-backed secrets workflows and encryption proxies (KMS).

• Review, harden, and remediate key usage patterns and encryption lifecycles.

Data & Storage

• Design, implement, and optimize Postgres schema migrations and queries.

• Integrate and support search capabilities using Solr/Lucene when required.

Reliability & Scale

• Troubleshoot and optimize high-throughput streaming pipelines (Kafka/Benthos).

• Ensure idempotency, backpressure handling, and robust observability using metrics and tracing.

Engineering Excellence

• Improve test coverage through unit, integration, and golden tests.

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines (e.g., golangci-lint) and optimize Docker-based developer workflows.





Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to drive the evolution of our Go-based detection platform. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain high-throughput consumer pipelines, secure secrets-management workflows, and resilient asynchronous systems. You’ll work at the intersection of backend engineering, cryptography, and data engineering to deliver scalable, security-focused solutions with real-world impact.

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**