Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at Oneleet (S22) $120K - $180K  •  0.01% - 0.05% YC's most popular security compliance platform (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR) US / Remote (US) Full-time US citizen/visa only 6+ years About Oneleet Oneleet is a Y Combinator-funded cybersecurity startup that aims to make effective cybersecurity easy and painless for companies. The company provides a full-coverage cybersecurity platform through which companies can build, manage, and monitor their cybersecurity management program. The core product is a roadmap for companies that helps them become secure and build trust with their partners, which requires the implementation of numerous solutions like penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, awareness training, static code scanning, endpoint monitoring, and more. About the role Skills: Go, Software Architecture, Information Security, Data Modeling, PostgreSQL Note: Even though the job posting only mentions US, we are looking for candidates from all NATO countries. About Oneleet Oneleet is a cybersecurity startup with a mission to revolutionize the industry. It aims to make effective cybersecurity easy and painless for companies by providing a comprehensive platform that helps companies build, manage, and monitor their cybersecurity program. We’re essentially building an all-in-one security platform that will allow companies to have everything they need under one roof to build a secure company. We have already built our own ASM (Attack-Surface Monitoring), CSPM (Cloud-Security Posture Management), MDM (Mobile-Device Management) and Vulnerability Management modules, and have many more on the roadmap. Oneleet is backed by top-tier venture capital firms including Y Combinator, and is part of their S22 cohort. The founding team has over 10 years of penetration testing and cybersecurity experience. Be a part of our team of opinionated rebels and help us create a category-defining company on a mission to reshape the broken and fragmented cybersecurity industry. Who we’re looking for At Oneleet we value individuals who are passionate and motivated to make a large impact in the cybersecurity ecosystem. We are looking for rebels with a growth mindset who love to take ownership, who exhibit excellent communication skills, and who have a "can-do" attitude towards technical challenges and innovation. A rebel’s mindset — we’re frustrated with the state of the cybersecurity industry, and believe that a rebel mindset is key to changing it. Opinionated (but not obstinate) — we believe that having an opinion is better than having no opinion, and helps us move more quickly. You’re excited about a role that requires hands-on coding, enabling you to address challenges and play a substantial role in shaping the trajectory of the Oneleet platform. Expert time management; we work with clients all over the world as well as have a team that is spread throughout multiple continents. We don’t expect anyone to be working or available 24/7- but we are looking for someone comfortable operating outside of the 9-5 mentality. Our core hours are 9am-1pm EST and expect that you can schedule your day effectively outside of that, while being flexible. About the job The Software Engineer (Backend) is a crucial contributor to Oneleet's success, providing technical expertise and innovative solutions in our cybersecurity platform. As a seed-stage startup, this role offers unique opportunities for close collaboration with the founding team and cross-functional departments. You'll be instrumental in building and optimizing our backend infrastructure, working with latest technologies like Go, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain backend services and APIs written in Go Implement and improve metrics and distributed tracing across our services Optimize PostgreSQL database performance and queries Collaborate with the Engineering team on improving the overall Developer Experience Implement security best practices Collaborate with frontend and the overall engineering team Qualifications 6+ years of experience with Go and designing REST APIs Experience writing optimized PostgreSQL queries Scrappy; prior startup experience and not afraid to get their hands dirty Pragmatic; knows how to build things fast without unnecessarily complicating things Expert time management; we work with clients all over the world. We don’t expect anyone to be working 24/7- but we are looking for someone comfortable operating outside of the 9-5 mentality. Comfortable wearing many hats and eagerly adjusts to shifting priorities Experience in (and thrives in) a fast-moving, start-up engineering environment Excellent communication skills across all levels of technical proficiency Experience with architecting, building and maintaining SaaS platform backends Bonus: Experience with gRPC or similar tool Bonus: Experience with TypeScript Bonus: Experience in the information security field Bonus: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field Why Oneleet: At Oneleet, you'll join a tight-knit crew of cybersecurity rebels on a mission to reshape the industry. We move fast, take ownership, and aren't afraid to disrupt stagnant business models to make security effortless for companies. Our "work hard, play hard" culture means we hold ourselves to high standards, then celebrate wins. Our leading-edge tech stack keeps things exciting for any geek. And our experienced team ensures you're always sharpening your skills. Bottom line, you'll have a blast doing deeply meaningful work. Expect hard problems, lots of autonomy, and plenty of growth. If you want your work to drive real change, this is the place to make your impact. Oh, and we offer all the usual startup perks too: Comprehensive benefits packages designed to support your health and well-being 🩺 Competitive comp & equity 💸 Plenty of PTO 🏝️ Floating holidays to honor the days that matter most to you 🎉 Flexible remote work 💻 Quarterly off sites to cool places (Amsterdam, Italy etc) ✈️ Technology We use Go and Prisma/Postgres on the backend and Typescript with React on the frontend. For task orchestration we use Temporal. Our applications are hosted on GCP using K8s.