Teleport · 12 hours ago
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Security
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$181K/yr - $266K/yrTeleport is the Infrastructure Identity Company, modernizing identity, access, and policy for infrastructure. They are looking for security-focused software engineers to work on security and defense teams, addressing problems in cryptography, networking, and security automation throughout the product lifecycle.
Cloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureCyber SecurityIdentity ManagementPrivacy
Responsibilities
You will work on problems ranging from cryptography and networking to security automation and AI agents
You will work throughout the Engineering team on the full product lifecycle from reviewing RFDs for proposed designs, code review, vulnerability testing, and documentation
You will work with our detection and response stack: e.g. Panther, Wiz, Jamf Protect, and Temporal to stop breaches
You will solve for false positives, detection coverage, and response automation by writing code and building AI agents
You will work with your security teammates and the broader engineering team to triage and tune detection and response logic with a tight feedback loop
Projects you may work on • Reviewing RFDs from engineers on a variety of proposed projects for security and quality
Pairing with the Cloud team to deploy service control policies (SCPs) in AWS to prevent undesired configurations
Hunting for vulnerabilities using both traditional scanning tools and LLM / AI tools in innovative and creative ways
Automating routine security and compliance processes to increase effectiveness and decrease busywork
Implementing and maintaining log pipelines for valuable event data sources like critical SaaS apps or endpoint telemetry
Engaging with the best red teams in the world to test and harden our detection and response capabilities
Building response automation to reduce the risk of advanced attacks against Teleport systems
Contributing to the Teleport product where we can improve the ability to defend for both us and our customers
Ensuring that nobody (including you) is overwhelmed with false positive / noisy alerts through a tight feedback loop
Qualification
Required
Go or Rust experience
Preferred
Security experience is a plus
Cryptography engineering experience is a plus
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
Company
Teleport
Teleport is an infrastructure identity company provides access to infrastructure on a foundation of cryptographic identity and zero trust.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (2)
2023 (4)
2022 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$169.2MKey Investors
Bessemer Venture PartnersKleiner PerkinsLouis Beryl
2022-05-03Series C· $110M
2021-08-18Series B· $30M
2019-11-20Series A· $25M
Leadership Team
Ev Kontsevoy
Cofounder, CEO
Taylor Wakefield
Co-Founder, COO
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