Technical Architect Backend

Who we are

Endor Labs is on a mission to enhance developer productivity and accelerate open-source software adoption by reducing the time teams spend addressing security issues. Our approach and vision are encapsulated in our Founder & CEO's pitch, which can be viewed here: 3-minute pitch.

Recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, a RSA Innovation Sandbox finalist, and a Black Hat Innovation Spotlight finalist within just a year of launching, Endor Labs is at the forefront of cloud security innovation. Founded by Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, leaders with a proven track record in creating category-defining cloud security companies, we have successfully raised $70M in Series A funding. Our team comprises the world's leading experts in static analysis and enterprise software, all united in our goal to transform how development and AppSec teams operate

What you’ll do

• You will play a pivotal role in architecting and building the core backend infrastructure for our SaaS products.
• You will lead and contribute to large-scale technical projects, ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of our systems.
• Design, architect, and build features end-to-end while working closely with Product Management, and our distributed Engineering team
• Play a significant role in driving innovation, making critical architectural decisions, and leading the implementation of cutting-edge technologies.
• We encourage and support active participation in external technical forums, conferences, and open-source communities, allowing you to contribute to the broader tech community and stay at the forefront of industry trends.
• Mentor and coach team members by sharing your expertise, and promoting best practices within the team to foster a culture of continuous learning and growth.

What we're looking for

If you are interested in helping to define and build a product and culture at an early-stage company, and the list below matches your background, we would love to talk to you!

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with at least 18+ years of experience building scalable backends for product/SaaS companies, with a strong track record of leading and delivering complex technical projects.
• Proficiency in Golang is strongly preferred; experience with other modern backend languages, microservices/distributed architecture, and frameworks is a plus.
• Practical experience in designing APIs with one or more frameworks (gRPC [preferred], ReST, GraphQL, Thrift, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, and effective communication and leadership abilities are a must.
• Scalable Distributed System Experience - understand micro-services and domain-driven design, load balancing, horizontal/vertical scaling, and stateless architectures.
• Architecture - knowledge of data structures and a keen eye for building architectures that scale and extend easily for longevity. Apply data-driven techniques to evaluate and propose architectural choices. 
• Ability to discuss tradeoffs between architecture’s choice to influence groups to move in the right direction.
• Able to enjoy working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and independently when in uncharted or unfamiliar territory.
• Practical experience in troubleshooting distributed systems and ability to solve root causes.

At Endor Labs, we:

• Go to extraordinary lengths to distinguish ourselves through world-class work.
• Prioritize quality over speed, and speed over scope.
• Desire to work with deeply kind, mission-driven people.
• Strive to make the complex simple.
• Use first principles to debate ideas, test assumptions, and make decisions.
• Seek the truth by putting data above opinions.
• Assume good intent and give tactical feedback to help each other get better.
• Hold no ego—when our customers win, we all win