Backend engineer in cloud security

Upwind is a next-generation Cloud Security Platform that leverages runtime context to identify and prioritize critical risks, providing precise insights and efficient cloud security management. Unlike traditional tools, Upwind uses runtime data proactively for risk prioritization and posture insights, ensuring teams focus on what truly matters.

• Own the entire lifecycle of various short-life projects, from initial design and development through to deployment, monitoring, and maintenance in production
• Perform reliability and performance analysis on Golang and/or Java-based applications
• Contribute to technical and architectural designs, perform capacity planning, define SLOs, and work with other teams to implement robust solutions
• Conduct design and code reviews as part of a wider engineering group
• Interface with other teams, including Frontend, DevOps, and Product, to deliver best-in-class features
• Help build highly scalable, reliable, and performant backend systems that operate across complex cloud environments
• Continuously improve engineering practices, architecture, observability, and system performance

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Backend Engineering using a high-level programming language, ideally Golang and/or Java
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, system design, and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud platforms and products, such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure
• Experience implementing data-intensive systems, including databases, event systems, messaging systems, and related technologies
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
• Experience working with microservices-based architectures
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering and cross-functional teams
• Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Будет плюсом: Strong understanding of networking concepts and cloud networking; Experience with Docker; Experience with distributed databases, messaging systems, or event-driven architectures; Experience working with cloud security, infrastructure, observability, or cybersecurity; Experience with eBPF or other runtime/cloud-native technologies

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