Faster engineering. Resilient infrastructure.
Senior Backend Engineer – Application Access
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$189.0K - $342K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer – Application Access
Teleport
• Building backend integrations with cloud provider's managed databases. • Working on scalability and resiliency of clusters with 10K+ nodes. • Implementing advanced HTTPS proxy with identity aware access control. • Building hardened security for Linux and Mac users.
Job Requirements
- Go experience
- Linux systems engineering
- Web Fundamentals (cookie security, HTTP streaming and proxying)
- OAuth experience
- Cryptography engineering experience is a plus
Benefits
- Extensive health coverage
- Annual expense budget
- Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge
- Investment in your future with retirement savings plans
- Professional development opportunities
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