Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Distributed Systems)
CensysUnited States
Posted April 15, 2026
137000 - 187000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Censys is a company that provides real-time Internet intelligence and actionable threat insights to global governments, over 50% of the Fortune 500, and leading threat intelligence providers worldwide.
Job Description
Censys is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Distributed Systems) to build scalable services and APIs that process vast amounts of data and make them highly available, providing direct value to customers and other parts of our organization.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience writing distributed systems (i.e. data ingestion pipelines, databases, services)
- Experience with object-oriented programming - we use Go
- Experience with at least one cloud provider, like: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with message queue technologies, like: AWS Kinesis, Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, or other
- Proficient with databases, like: BigTable, Cloud Spanner, HBase, Cassandra, or other
- Proficient at building scalable, distributed systems
- Know when and where to utilize AI
- Ability to write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability
- Possess strong communication skills and can explain technical concepts to other engineers and product managers.
Benefits
- 401k match
- Health
- Vision
- Dental
