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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Teleport

Full-time
USA
$181k-$327k per year
software engineering
engineer
devops
linux
rust
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About Us

Teleport is the Infrastructure Identity Company, modernizing identity, access, and policy for infrastructure, improving engineering velocity and resiliency of critical infrastructure against human factors and/or compromise.

We are a fast-growing, well-funded Y-Combinator company. We value our craft, are strong supporters of work/life balance, and embrace a culture of humility, honesty, and transparency.

About this job

We are looking for product-focused systems engineers to work on Teleport itself.

You will work on problems ranging from networking and performance to security and integrations with external systems.

You will work on the full product lifecycle from working with customers to understand their problems, writing RFDs for your proposed design, implementation, testing, and documentation.

Teleport is an open core project and most of the code you will write will be open source and written in Go (or Rust).

Projects you may work on

  • Building backend integrations with cloud provider's managed databases.

  • Working on scalability and resiliency of clusters with 10K+ nodes.

  • Implementing advanced HTTPS proxy with identity aware access control.

  • Building hardened security for Linux and Mac users.

Requirements

  • Go or Rust experience

  • Linux systems engineering

  • Cryptography engineering experience is a plus

Interview Process

  • You will join 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the compensation, interview process and requirements

  • You join a Slack channel and submit a coding challenge in Go using Github

Benefits

  • Extensive health coverage

  • Annual expense budget

  • Rest & recovery policies that maximize leave and your ability to recharge

  • Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

  • Equity in a US $1.1-bn business

  • Professional development opportunities

$180,880 - $327,000 a year

The base salary range for new hires in this role is between $180,880 - $266, 000 for a level 4 and 222,360 and 327,000 for a level 5. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. 

Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.

Candidate Privacy Notice: For information about our collection and processing of job applicant personal data for this position, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection at https://goteleport.com/legal/apply/job-applicant/

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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Teleport

About Us

Teleport is the Infrastructure Identity Company, modernizing identity, access, and policy for infrastructure, improving engineering velocity and resiliency of critical infrastructure against human factors and/or compromise.

We are a fast-growing, well-funded Y-Combinator company. We value our craft, are strong supporters of work/life balance, and embrace a culture of humility, honesty, and transparency.

About this job

We are looking for product-focused systems engineers to work on Teleport itself.

You will work on problems ranging from networking and performance to security and integrations with external systems.

You will work on the full product lifecycle from working with customers to understand their problems, writing RFDs for your proposed design, implementation, testing, and documentation.

Teleport is an open core project and most of the code you will write will be open source and written in Go (or Rust).

Projects you may work on

  • Building backend integrations with cloud provider's managed databases.

  • Working on scalability and resiliency of clusters with 10K+ nodes.

  • Implementing advanced HTTPS proxy with identity aware access control.

  • Building hardened security for Linux and Mac users.

Requirements

  • Go or Rust experience

  • Linux systems engineering

  • Cryptography engineering experience is a plus

Interview Process

  • You will join 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the compensation, interview process and requirements

  • You join a Slack channel and submit a coding challenge in Go using Github

Benefits

  • Extensive health coverage

  • Annual expense budget

  • Rest & recovery policies that maximize leave and your ability to recharge

  • Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

  • Equity in a US $1.1-bn business

  • Professional development opportunities

$180,880 - $327,000 a year

The base salary range for new hires in this role is between $180,880 - $266, 000 for a level 4 and 222,360 and 327,000 for a level 5. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. 

Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.

Candidate Privacy Notice: For information about our collection and processing of job applicant personal data for this position, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection at https://goteleport.com/legal/apply/job-applicant/

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