Abnormal Security
Abnormal Security
501 – 1,000 Employees
H1B Visa SponsorCybersecurity
Abnormal Security develops cloud-native email security solutions for businesses. Its technology helps detect and prevent threats including phishing, malware, ransomware, social engineering, and account takeovers, with products focused on business email protection and phishing detection. Operating in the cybersecurity sector, the company brings together a team of more than 500 employees to help organizations secure corporate email communications.

Software Engineer II, Backend — Abnormal Security

Build backend services and streaming systems for Abnormal Security’s real-time threat intelligence platform. Work across search infrastructure and AWS/EKS deployments.

Description

  • Build and maintain high-performance backend services in Python or Go.
  • Design and optimize low-latency streaming systems for real-time threat intelligence.
  • Implement and tune OpenSearch or Elasticsearch for large datasets.
  • Turn broad objectives into technical plans and maintainable code.
  • Manage deployments and infrastructure on AWS and EKS.
  • Apply AI tools to speed up development and automate routine backend work.
  • Work with teammates to find architectural gaps and recommend improvements.
  • Help create a real-time threat intelligence platform from the ground up and shape its technical direction.

Requirements

  • Bring 3–5 or more years of production experience in backend development and systems design.
  • Have practical experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or comparable message brokers or streaming platforms.
  • Demonstrate experience operating OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at scale.
  • Have strong familiarity with AWS.
  • Have production experience with EKS (Kubernetes).
  • Be proficient in Python or Go.
  • Bring solid experience with Postgres.
  • Be comfortable tackling new initiatives from scratch and defining requirements when specifications are open-ended.
  • Hold a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Information Systems, or a closely related engineering field.
  • React and TypeScript experience for internal tools or data visualizations is a plus.
  • Interest in cybersecurity or experience working with security data is a plus.
  • Experience with modern AI productivity tools is a plus.

Benefits

  • AI-assisted recruiting tools are used to help prepare candidates for interviews.
  • Pre-employment checks follow applicable laws and Abnormal AI’s security and privacy standards.
  • Abnormal Security is an equal opportunity employer.

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