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Abnormal AI is building a real-time threat intelligence platform from the ground up. This is a zero-to-one initiative focused on streaming critical security data to enterprise teams at scale.
As a Software Engineer II on this backend team, you will take ownership of high-impact technical problems and help define the technical path forward. You won't just execute on a roadmap—you'll identify problems that aren't on it yet and drive solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain high-performance backend services using Python or Golang
- Build and optimize streaming architectures to handle live threat intelligence with low latency
- Implement and tune OpenSearch/Elasticsearch layers to ensure massive datasets are searchable and actionable
- Translate high-level goals into technical specifications and clean, maintainable code
- Manage your own deployments and infrastructure within AWS/EKS
- Use AI tools to speed up development cycles and automate routine backend tasks
- Work closely with the team to identify architectural gaps and proactively suggest improvements
This role is ideal for a builder with a strong systems mindset who thrives in environments where requirements are loose and you need to define the "how."
Requirements:
- 3–5+ years of production experience in backend development and systems design
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or similar message brokers/streaming platforms
- Proven experience working with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at scale
- Deep familiarity with AWS (highly preferred) and mandatory production experience with EKS (Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in Python or Golang and solid experience with Postgres
- Builder mindset: comfortable with "zero-to-one" challenges and defining requirements when specs are loose
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Information Systems, or a closely related engineering field
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with React/TypeScript for building internal tools or data visualizations
- Interest in cybersecurity or experience working with security data
- Experience using modern AI productivity tools to increase engineering velocity
