Senior Backend Engineer

About the roleThe Senior Backend Engineer role gives the successful candidate the opportunity to champion the design of path-breaking information security products that address key gaps in security for the Internet of Things. Xage’s product is a unique application of blockchain technology, which leverages the decentralization properties to put adversaries in a position of disadvantage. The role is pivotal to delivering thought leadership, reliability of the product and robustness of its design and architecture.About XageXage is the first and only zero trust real-world security company. Powered by the Xage Fabric, the company’s identity-based Access Management, remote access and secure data exchange solutions allow customers to secure, manage and transform operations. With its distributed, scalable and easy-to-operate Fabric, Xage solves the complex digitization challenges of the real-world operations we rely on. Xage customers include leaders in manufacturing, energy, utilities, Space, logistics and transportation. Xage Security has been recognized as one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America in the recent CNBC’s Top 100 of the World’s Most Promising Start-Ups, and has raised a total of $80 million in venture capital.PerksCompetitive salary and equityFull health, dental, vision insuranceWe will process visa transfers and immigrationWork with founders and executives closely and participate in all aspects of company buildingEarly stage opportunity in a massive sized market with proven traction and growing rapidlyRecognition & MomentumXage Security has experienced explosive growth and received numerous awards and recognition, including:Named by Forbes one of America’s Best Startup Employers 2024$17 million contract awarded by U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to offer its zero trust access controlNamed in Gartner research on topics including Cyber-Physical Systems Protection Platforms, Zero Trust Network Access, and Remote Privileged Access ManagementNamed in Forrester research on Operation Technology Security SolutionsNamed a 25 Hottest Edge Security company by CRN 2023Named Industrial IoT Innovator of the Year in 2023 IoT Breakthrough AwardsSC Awards “Best Identity Management Solution” finalist 2022ISO 27001:2022, IEC 62443, and FIPS 140-2 CertifiedResponsibilitiesTake ownership of specific project scope and initiatives and ensure high quality of deliverables.Define, develop and maintain the deployment process and tools for Xage solutions spanning across both IT, OT and Cloud environments.Provide ongoing support and improve the system health and reliability.Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and adopt best practices for highly scalable and distributed and autonomous systems.Lead, direct, guide and empower others to succeed.Requirements3+ years of experience in software development using HTTP/s proxies, Websockets, packet tracing, multi-tier client/server communication.In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of Javascript execution in the security context of modern web browsers, authentication/authorization using JWT, SAML, SSO.Fundamental working knowledge on multi-threading programming, inter-process communication, socket programming, high performance and low latency programming.Knowledgeable in C++/go/Java-based secure coding, vulnerability assessment, threat analysis.Hands-on experience with application protocols RDP, VNC, HTTP, SSH and core concepts on Authentication, certificates, TLS, etc.Experience in cryptography, PKI, microservice architecture and large scale infrastructure, reverse proxies, NGINX, SOCKS5, Session Management with Load Balancers.Highly focused on quality, debugging and troubleshooting skills.Strong communication skills and expert system level skills on Linux OS such as Ubuntu, Alpine, Red Hat Linux, Docker.Experience developing NGINX plugins or working with internals would be a plus.Experience developing applications using Guacamole framework would be a plus.

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