Software Engineer (Backend)
They’re building a next-generation cybersecurity platform to help enterprises defend against the most advanced threats while maintaining control over their most sensitive data.
Founded by a team of deeply experienced security and infrastructure leaders who’ve helped shape the modern security landscape (prev founders of famous IPO), they’re tackling one of the most urgent challenges in enterprise software: securing data at scale in an AI-driven world.
They’re a small, highly technical team operating in stealth mode – looking for backend engineers who want to build core systems from first principles and have outsized ownership from day one.
Stage: Seed (significant funding round)
Location: Sunnyvale (full time in office)
Size: <15
What they’re looking for:
• 4+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production, with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, reliability, and performance
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages (Go, Java, Rust, Python) and the ability to choose the right tool for the job
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure and orchestration (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code)
• A strong engineering ownership mindset — comfortable operating in an early-stage environment with high autonomy and fast iteration
• Interest in building secure, enterprise-grade systems, with the ability to connect technical work to real customer and business impact
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About Greylock:
Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies, including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, and Palo Alto Networks. More can be found about us here: https://greylock.com/
About the Greylock Recruiting team and me:
• As full-time, salaried employees of Greylock, our team provides free candidate referrals/introductions to our active investments to help them grow/succeed (as one of our many services). Our recruiting team has over 125 years of in-house recruiting experience at successful startups through FAANG’s and over 30 years of VC Talent.