Senior Backend Engineer
Xage Securityover 2 years ago
Lincoln, NE, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Own specific project scopes and initiatives and ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Define, develop, and maintain deployment processes and tools spanning IT, OT, and cloud environments.
- Provide ongoing support and improve system health and reliability.
- Adopt emerging technologies and best practices for scalable, distributed, and autonomous systems.
- Lead, direct, guide, and empower others to succeed.
Requirements
- 3+ years of software development experience using HTTP/S proxies, WebSockets, packet tracing, and multi-tier client/server communication.
- In-depth practical knowledge of JavaScript execution in modern web browsers, including security contexts, JWT, SAML, and SSO.
- Working knowledge of multithreading, inter-process communication, socket programming, and high-performance, low-latency programming.
- Knowledge of secure coding, vulnerability assessment, and threat analysis using C++, Go, or Java.
- Hands-on experience with RDP, VNC, HTTP, SSH, authentication, certificates, and TLS.
- Experience with cryptography, PKI, microservice architecture, large-scale infrastructure, reverse proxies, NGINX, SOCKS5, and session management with load balancers.
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills, communication skills, and system-level Linux expertise.
- Experience with Ubuntu, Alpine, Red Hat Linux, and Docker.
- Experience developing NGINX plugins or working with NGINX internals is preferred.
- Experience developing applications with the Guacamole framework is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- Full health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Xage will process visa transfers and immigration.
- Opportunity to work closely with founders and executives and participate in company building.
- Early-stage opportunity in a large, rapidly growing market with proven traction.
About Xage Security
Xage Security builds a zero-trust access and protection platform for critical infrastructure and other operational-technology environments. Its Xage Fabric provides identity and access management, zero-trust remote access, and data security to enterprises and government agencies across energy, utilities, manufacturing, transportation, and space, sold as subscription software with professional services. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it counts organizations such as the U.S. Space Force and PETRONAS among its customers.