Backend Engineer
Summary
Builds and maintains an AI-powered cybersecurity compliance platform, integrating security tools, APIs, and reporting for cloud and air-gapped environments.
About Cyber Sierra
Cyber Sierra is an AI-powered platform that makes enterprise security compliance continuous and intelligent covering controls monitoring, third-party risk management, and governance. We are a high-integrity, mission-focused team building the compliance infrastructure for the next generation of enterprises in APAC and beyond.
About the Role
Develop and maintain a portable AI-assisted cybersecurity platform that integrates cybersecurity
tools, AI workflows, scan outputs, findings, and reporting into a unified dashboard deployable across
both off-premise cloud and on-premise air-gapped environments.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain the platform backend, APIs, dashboard, and reporting modules.
Develop data ingestion pipelines to aggregate and normalise outputs from vulnerability, web application, SBOM, container, compliance, and security scanning tools.
Integrate cybersecurity tools into guided assessment workflows, including Nessus, Burp Suite, Kali Linux tools, Wireshark, and equivalent platforms.
Support deployment across cloud-based development environments and on-premise air-gapped laptops.
Implement logging, audit trails, access controls, and secure engineering practices across the platform.
Maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment scripts, and infrastructure configurations.
Key Requirements
3–5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related fields.
Proficiency in Python or Node.js/TypeScript and REST API development.
Experience with modern frontend frameworks and dashboard development.
Experience with AWS services, containerisation, and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with application security, container security, vulnerability management, and common security scanning tools.
Ability to understand legacy setups, refactor existing code, and propose practical Improvements.
Preferred Attributes
Strong focus on Developer Experience and maintainable, scalable engineering practices.
Comfortable working across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and security tooling.
Experience designing portable systems that support offline deployment and reproducibility.
Familiarity with integrating AI workflows or model outputs into backend services.
Awareness of secure software development practices, including handling sensitive data and access control.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your resume and a brief cover letter to join@cybersierra.co with the subject line "Applying for Backend Engineer (L2 / Consultant) – [Your Name]."
We look forward to reviewing your application.