Sr. Backend Engineer
MixMode
MixMode is the leader in delivering generative AI cybersecurity solutions at scale. MixMode offers a patented, self-supervised learning Platform designed to detect known and unknown threats in real-time across cloud, hybrid, or on-premise environments. The MixMode Platform can be deployed seamlessly in minutes, adapting to the specific dynamics of an individual network without requiring rules, training, or tuning by security operators. The result is a truly autonomous threat detection platform that dramatically enhances the efficiency of SOC teams and delivers tangible business outcomes in days. Large enterprises with big data environments, including global entities in financial services, fortune 1K commercial enterprises, critical infrastructure, and government sectors, trust MixMode to protect their most critical assets. Backed by PSG and Entrada Ventures, the company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Learn more at www.mixmode.ai.
Job Title: Sr. Backend Engineer
Location: Santa Barbara, CA or Remote within the U.S.A.
Job Summary:
MixMode.ai is looking for a talented Sr. Backend Engineer with a passion for solving large and interesting problems. This individual is a results-oriented engineer who is energized by working in a fast-paced, startup environment. They will own their code all the way through production, verifying performance, scalability, and functional correctness. They will understand the reasoning behind the key product and design decisions and contribute good solutions to implementation and architecture discussions.
Responsibilities:
- Build and ship features and capabilities daily in a highly scalable environment
- Review code with best practices of readability, test coverage, reliability, security, and performance in mind
- Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates by sharing your expertise in formal and informal knowledge sharing sessions
- Ensure full visibility, error reporting, and monitoring of high performing backend services
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, team retrospectives, and demo sessions
- Apply sound judgment and quick decision making when presented with multiple possible solutions to a problem
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of professional experience building and developing in Node.js with Typescript (preferred) or Javascript
- 3+ years of professional experience building highly scalable and performant microservices with Kubernetes and (ideally) Helm
- 5+ years of professional experience with relational database tools such as PostgresDB, MariaDB, etc.
- Experience working with a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and technologies
Other things we’d love to see:
- Fluency in Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or similar search engine technologies
- Proficiency with using queues and/or distributed logs (eg. SQS, Kafka)
- Experience with Python and one or more JVM languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin)
This is a newly created position and we are open to hiring great talent who may have qualifications above or below those specifically listed in this job description. Pursuant to California law, we must display the pay range for this job. Since we are willing to hire within a broad spectrum of qualifications, we also reflect a broad pay range. The base salary range that we are targeting for this position is $180,000 - $200,000, though we can adjust based on individual qualifications. Individual salary is determined by qualifications, role, level, and location.
Compensation and benefits are competitive based on industry standards. Benefits for full-time team members include:
- Remote-First Work Culture
- Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Basic & Voluntary Life and AD&D
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) with Employer Match
- Paid Holidays & Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
MixMode provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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Please note: MixMode does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event of a recruiter or agency submitting a resume or candidate without a signed agreement being in place, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of MixMode.
