About the roleThe Senior Backend Engineer role gives the successful candidate the opportunity to champion the design of path-breaking information security products that address key gaps in security for the Internet of Things. Xage's product is a unique application of blockchain technology, which leverages the decentralization properties to put adversaries in a position of disadvantage. The role is pivotal to delivering thought leadership, reliability of the product and robustness of its design and architecture.
Responsibilities- Take ownership of specific project scope and initiatives and ensure high quality of deliverables.
- Define, develop and maintain the deployment process and tools for Xage solutions spanning across both IT, OT and Cloud environments.
- Provide ongoing support and improve the system health and reliability.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and adopt best practices for highly scalable and distributed and autonomous systems.
- Lead, direct, guide and empower others to succeed.
Requirements- 3+ years of experience in software development using HTTP/s proxies, Websockets, packet tracing, multi-tier client/server communication.
- In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of Javascript execution in the security context of modern web browsers, authentication/authorization using JWT, SAML, SSO.
- Fundamental working knowledge on multi-threading programming, inter-process communication, socket programming, high performance and low latency programming.
- Knowledgeable in C++/go/Java-based secure coding, vulnerability assessment, threat analysis.
- Hands-on experience with application protocols RDP, VNC, HTTP, SSH and core concepts on Authentication, certificates, TLS, etc.
- Experience in cryptography, PKI, microservice architecture and large scale infrastructure, reverse proxies, NGINX, SOCKS5, Session Management with Load Balancers.
- Highly focused on quality, debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication skills and expert system level skills on Linux OS such as Ubuntu, Alpine, Red Hat Linux, Docker.
- Experience developing NGINX plugins or working with internals would be a plus.
- Experience developing applications using Guacamole framework would be a plus.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
