Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems for email and cloud attack detection, collaborating with machine learning and data science teams.
About the Role
Abnormal Security is looking for a Software Backend Engineer II to join the Detection Team. The Detection Division is focused on building the world’s most advanced technology for identifying and stopping email and cloud-based attacks that were previously undetectable and help make the world a safer place. As a Software Engineer focused on building systems for Detection’s Scoring Platform, you will be responsible for making scalable solutions to processing emails at 50K+ QPS.
The ideal candidate would have the following qualities:
- A first principles approach to building scalable, customer-centric solutions
- A drive to solve meaningful & pragmatic problems for real-world people
- An ownership and impact oriented outlook on your efforts and growth
- An ability to iterate in real-time-solving novel problems, quickly and autonomously
An ability to iterate in real-time - solving novel problems, quickly and autonomously
What you will do- Architect, design, build, deploy and maintain message processing infrastructure that supports a world-class Detection Engine
- Own projects that scale our model serving and data processing services to handle 10x the traffic we serve today
- Own real-time, near real-time streaming pipelines, and online feature serving services
- Collaborate closely with MLE and Data Science teams by accelerating product delivery and providing a stable platform for detection
- 4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or in a similar role, with hands-on experience in building data-focused solutions.
- Experience with maintaining large scale distributed systems on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including a strong grasp of best practices in cloud-based engineering.
- Familiarity with maintaining real-time data pipelines or streaming services
- Experience working with distributed teams, proficient in asynchronous and written communication
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. You’re capable of breaking down complex challenges into manageable steps and iterating on solutions, balancing immediate needs with long-term scalability.
- You’re growth driven & looking to increase impact & responsibility over time
- Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, and performance optimization.
- BS degree in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other related engineering field
- Familiarity with our stack (AWS, K8, Python/Django, Golang, Postgres)
- Experience / passion in building scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
- Familiarity with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude.
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Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Django
GCP
Go
Postgres
Python
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