Software Engineer 2 - Backend, Apps Foundation

Abnormal Security
Summary
Join Abnormal Security as a Backend Engineer on the App Foundations team, contributing to the infrastructure and services supporting new product creation. The ideal candidate is a product-minded engineer passionate about building scalable, customer-centric solutions. Responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining high-performance products and services, optimizing internal processes, and setting up service monitoring. The role requires 3+ years of experience with relevant tech stacks (Python, Go, SQL databases, etc.), production support experience, and system design experience. Proven experience with microservices, testing, agile methodologies, and collaboration is essential. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required. Abnormal AI offers competitive compensation, including bonuses and RSUs, along with benefits.
Requirements
- 3+ years working on relevant tech stacks - Python (Django) and Go, MySQL & PostgreSQL databases, ElasticSearch, Redis, and Kafka
- 2+ years of production support experience for enterprise-class customers
- At least 1 year of system design experience
- Proven experience building and maintaining microservices
- Proven experience owning testing as well as the development of all software solutions
- Proven experience working with agile development methodologies (both scrum and kanban)
- Proven experience collaborating effectively with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver world class products
- A Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Responsibilities
- Work with engineers, designers, PM's, EM's to deliver on the product roadmap and meet company-wide objectives
- Design, build, and maintain new high performance, low latency products and services
- Work closely with engineering and product managers to assess trade-offs, develop plans, and build platform and foundations to enable scalable product development
- Optimize our internal processes with automation such that we can service customers with little to no human intervention
- Setup and maintain instrumentation, monitoring, and alerting for our services
Preferred Qualifications
- You are a product minded engineer who’s passionate about building the best product for our customers
- You take a “principle-first” approach to building scalable, customer-centric solutions
- You’re looking for a “mission-first” company aiming to solve meaningful and pragmatic problems
- You’re looking to take ownership of your work and your growth
- You’re self-driven, detail-oriented, and care about code quality, testing, and customer-driven product experience
- You bring up ambiguities and clarify decisions with leadership instead of improvising solutions on the go
- You have strong communication skills and proven ability to work autonomously and asynchronously with remote collaborators and stakeholders
- We are looking for candidates who are interested in working with AI tools to accelerate their development
Benefits
- Bonus
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)