Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Reach Security6 months ago
Responsibilities
- Execute complex backend engineering projects involving APIs, data processing, infrastructure, and platform systems
- Drive key engineering initiatives and foster a culture of technical excellence
- Take ownership of backend systems and help establish engineering best practices
- Author technical proposals for complex project designs and team alignment
- Design architectures, provide feedback on technical designs, and conduct thorough code reviews
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to minimize downtime and business impact
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend, platform, or system programming
- Experience with Python and its ecosystem
- Experience designing and building secure, scalable multi-tenant SaaS platforms with data isolation
- Production experience with cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Production experience with relational databases
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, computational complexity, system design, data architecture, and data modeling
- Knowledge of common design patterns and API design and development best practices
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences
- Preferred experience with mathematical optimization, logic or relational programming, database scaling, complex queries, batch or streaming data pipelines, platform engineering, infrastructure-as-code tools, or control systems engineering
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote work flexibility
About Reach Security
Reach Security builds an AI assistant that integrates with an organization’s existing security stack to uncover misconfigurations, validate controls, and prioritize remediation across threat exposure and posture management. The company sells its software platform to enterprise security teams, helping them get more value from tools they already own. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is privately held and staffed by alumni of Palo Alto Networks and Proofpoint.