Member of Technical Staff - Backend Engineer Palo Alto, CA

Member of Technical Staff - Backend Engineer

This role is based in Palo Alto, California, and follows a hybrid work model. If you’re excited about helping build a large-scale SaaS platform at an early-stage company and the qualifications below align with your background, we’d love to connect!

Endor Labs is building the Application Security platform for the software development revolution. Modern software is complex and dependency-rich, making it increasingly difficult to pinpoint the risks that truly matter. Endor Labs solves this challenge by building a call graph of your entire software estate—enabling teams to clearly identify, prioritize, and fix critical risks faster.

Endor Labs secures code whether it was written by humans or AI, and whether it is 40-year old C++ code or cutting edge Bazel Monorepos. Endor Labs was founded by Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, and is backed by leading VC firms such as Dell Technology Capital, Lightspeed, and Sierra Ventures.

Sound interesting? Let’s talk if you want to be part of the next big leap in security innovation!

• Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture.
• Own Core Libraries: Take charge of enhancing and maintaining Endor's crucial GoLang libraries, including gRPC/protobuf, OpenAPI, AuthN/AuthZ, Observability, and Mongo
  
  DB. Your work will be foundational to our tech stack.
• AI Code security: Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions.
• Elevate Core Services: Drive the development and optimization of vital core services like our API Gateway and API servers, ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure.
• Maintain diverse scan environments: Enhance our dynamic cloud scan platform by supporting the ever-growing build and tool chain requirements.
• Innovate with Autonomy: Design and build top-tier tools that will be leveraged across all teams at Endor, making a significant impact on our operations.
• Support & Enhance Monorepo: Contribute to the evolution of Endor's polyglot monorepo using Bazel, improving development workflow and efficiency.
• Champion Observability: Apply best practices in observability to ensure our products and platforms achieve exceptional reliability and availability for our users.

• Engineering Expertise: Bachelor’s in engineering and 1-3 years of experience.
• Golang Mastery: ~1-3 years of experience in Golang programming, with a focus on microservices and distributed architecture.
• Build tools and tool chains familiarity: Understanding of tool chains like Maven, pip, npm to provide a seamless scan experience.
• Scalable Systems: Experience with scalable distributed systems, including microservices, domain-driven design, load balancing, and scaling strategies.
• Effective Communicator: Ability to discuss architectural trade-offs and guide teams toward effective solutions.
• Adaptable Innovator: Thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting requirements and creative problem-solving.
• AI Savvy: Leverage AI and automated code generation tools to accelerate delivery of robust, secure software.

• Master of Secure Design: Secure software design principles, including certificates, OAuth2/OIDC, and secure changes.
• Cloud-Native Proficiency: Kubernetes, Docker, Lambda, or other cloud-native technologies.
• Security Savvy: Knowledge of security, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection.

We’re building at the intersection of developer productivity and security — one of the fastest-growing spaces in software. Our dev-loved platform has real ROI, strong momentum, and customers who care about doing things right.

At Endor Labs, we think big, start small, and learn fast. We take ownership, move with purpose, and always start with the customer’s success. We debate with data, make the complex simple, and challenge each other with kindness and candor. We celebrate wins, learn from misses, and have fun along the way — because when our customers win, we all win.

Endor Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage all talented individuals to apply—there's no one-size-fits-all here.

For candidates who receive an offer for this position, the compensation range is expected to be between $100,000 - $150,000. This may include additional incentives such as commission targets, restricted stock units, and/or bonuses, depending on the role.

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