Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Intuition Machines, a company using AI/ML to build enterprise security products, as a Senior Backend Engineer. You will design, build, and maintain secure, scalable backend services and algorithms, implement DevSecOps practices, and write clean, well-documented code. This role requires expertise in backend development (Python and at least one other language), experience with Kubernetes and distributed systems, and demonstrated architecture expertise. The position offers a fully remote work environment with flexible hours and the opportunity to work on high-impact projects with a global team. Intuition Machines prioritizes a positive work environment and celebrates diversity.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in a similar role
• Expertise in backend development in Python and at least one of: Golang, Rust, C++
• Experience with Kubernetes, metrics-driven deployment, containerization, and microservices
• Experience in implementing and using monitoring and tracing solutions
• Experience with key-value stores and SQL databases and optimizing their performance
• Experience with high traffic, low latency distributed systems: queue-first arch, sharding, etc
• Demonstrated architecture expertise (gather requirements, problem solve and recommend)

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable backend services and algorithms
• Implement DevSecOps practices: security protocols, monitoring, metrics, and automated alerts
• Write clean, well-documented, production-quality code with thorough test coverage
• Strengthen engineering practices through code reviews, testing automation, and on-call support
• Translate complex requirements into actionable sprint tasks while mentoring team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and work across different technologies: Python, Golang, Redis, PostgreSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Clickhouse, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Azure, JavaScript
• Familiarity with security frameworks, attack vectors, botnets, OLAP at scale, and online + active learning systems
• Experience or interest in AI/ML and blockchain technologies

Benefits

• Fully remote position with flexible working hours
• An inspiring team of colleagues spread all over the world
• Pleasant, modern development and deployment workflows: ship early, ship often
• High impact: lots of users, happy customers, high growth, and cutting edge R&D
• Flat organization, direct interaction with customer teams