BreachLock is a fast\-growing cybersecurity company focused on modern, scalable, and continuous security testing
solutions. We operate at the intersection of offensive security, automation, and cloud\-native engineering—building
systems that are both resilient and intelligent.
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong fundamentals and a builder mindset to help design and
scale backend systems powering our cybersecurity platform. This role involves working on distributed systems, APIs,
and data\-intensive applications in a fast\-paced startup environment.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs
- Build and optimize microservices\-based architectures
- Work with graph and relational databases to model complex security data
- Own end\-to\-end delivery of features—from design to deployment
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and security teams
- Improve system performance, reliability, and observability
- Participate in system design discussions and technical decision\-making
- Languages \& Frameworks: Python, FastAPI, Django
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Dgraph
- Infrastructure: GCP, Kubernetes
- Streaming \& Messaging: Kafka
- Architecture: Microservices
- 3–4 years of backend development experience
- Strong proficiency in Python and modern backend frameworks
- Solid understanding of system design principles and distributed systems
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Hands\-on experience with PostgreSQL and/or MongoDB
- Familiarity with event\-driven systems (Kafka or similar)
- Experience deploying and managing applications on GCP
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong debugging, problem\-solving, and performance optimization skills
- Experience with graph databases (Dgraph or similar)
- Exposure to cybersecurity domain or security tooling
- Knowledge of observability tools (logging, tracing, monitoring)
- Experience working in high\-growth startups
- *What We’re Looking For**
- Ownership mindset—you build, ship, and improve
- Ability to work in ambiguous, fast\-moving environments
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Bias for action and continuous learning
- Work on real\-world cybersecurity challenges at scale
- Opportunity to influence architecture and core systems
- High ownership and impact from day one
- Fast\-paced startup environment with strong growth potential