Senior Backend Engineer (Security Controls)

• As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Security Controls team, you’ll drive the technical vision for EDR telemetry and detection inside NodeZero, with direct influence over how EDR effectiveness and tuning evolves as a core product capability
• Modern endpoints are instrumented by CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender, Carbon Black, and others
• Our customers need to know, with evidence, which of our attack techniques their EDR caught, which ones slipped through, and why
• Answering that at scale — across platforms, tenants, and operator objectives — requires someone who deeply understands the telemetry surface and can turn that understanding into a product
• Over time, this role will own the technical work for incorporating AI and ML research into how we reason about detection gaps, generate tuning recommendations, and scale effectiveness insights
• Develop core product features in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and GraphQL to support data processing and retrieval
• Design and implement backend APIs in GraphQL to facilitate data interactions between different components of the product
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines for efficient data processing and analytics
• Collaborate with frontend team members to present data in a clear and user-friendly format, enhancing the product’s user experience

Benefits

• Growth Opportunities: Be part of a dynamic and growing team with numerous career advancement opportunities
• Innovation-Driven Culture: Work in a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
• Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy the convenience and work-life balance that comes with remote work
• Inclusive and Diverse Team: We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive

• Ability and interest in mentoring junior and mid-level engineers to foster their growth and development
• Ability to own and manage concurrent initiatives, demonstrating effective judgment in prioritization and time management
• Strong technical documentation ability to support the development process
• Driven, self-managed, capable of conceiving and implementing solutions on your own and with a team
• Effective communication and collaboration with designers, developers, and product managers
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, effective communication, attention to detail and high-quality work
• A strong desire to continuously improve and learn new technologies in a fast-paced Agile development environment
• Expert proficiency in SQL
• 7+ yrs professional software engineering experience using modern object-oriented or functional languages (Python, Java, Go, Scala, C++, TypeScript, etc)
• Experience building applications on cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, using container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• Experience building GraphQL backends
• Expert proficiency in SQL and experience with various database architectures including relational (PostgreSQL) and graph (Neo4j)
• Understands detection logic, alert triage workflows, and how SOC teams consume EDR output
• Deep familiarity with at least one major EDR platform (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender) at the telemetry and API level