Senior Backend Engineer
Teleport · Remote · United States (Remote) · United Kingdom (Remote) ·
COMPENSATION
$181k – $342k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Backend Engineer
- Fully remote (global)
- Go or Rust required
- Linux systems focus
- Distributed systems
Join Teleport as a product-oriented backend engineer to help secure infrastructure for an AI-driven world. You will design and implement backend services, APIs, and identity workflows that enable auditing, session recording, and access controls at scale.
Working closely with engineers, product managers, and security researchers, you will contribute to the entire product development cycle. Your work will directly impact how modern infrastructure access is managed, ensuring both security and engineering velocity for major clients.
What you'll do
- Design and implement backend services and APIs for access controls
- Build integrations with cloud provider managed databases
- Enhance scalability and resiliency for clusters with 10K+ nodes
- Implement advanced HTTPS proxy with identity-aware access control
- Develop hardened security features for Linux and Mac users
- Collaborate with customers to understand specific security needs
- Write RFDs to document design ideas and implementation plans
What you'll need
- Professional experience with Go or Rust
- Strong background in Linux systems engineering
- Ability to work in a globally distributed remote team
- Experience designing distributed systems at scale
Nice to have
- Experience in cryptography engineering
Stack
- Go
- Rust
- Linux
- HTTPS
- Github
How you'll work
- Remote-first and globally distributed team
- Collaborative environment with small teams
What you get
- Extensive health coverage
- Annual expense budget
- Rest and recovery policies
- Retirement savings plans
- Professional development opportunities
Hiring process
- 30-minute intro call covering compensation and process
- 30-minute call with hiring manager and take-home exercise overview
- Submit a coding challenge in Go via Github on Slack