Backend Engineer

Job description

ABOUT ONELEET Oneleet is one of the fastest-growing security and compliance platforms in history. We are on a mission to change the compliance and security industry by making cybersecurity and compliance effective, easy, and painless. We provide a platform that helps companies build, manage, and monitor their cybersecurity programs and achieve compliance standards such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 efficiently, without cutting corners. Having just raised a $33 million Series A, we are rapidly growing in customers and employees. Our team has decades of experience in security and compliance. Join our team of opinionated rebels and help us build a category-defining company reshaping the broken and fragmented compliance and cybersecurity industry. WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR: We value passionate self-starters with a growth mindset and a bias for action and personal accountability. If you love solving hard problems, thrive in ambiguity, and want to make a real impact, you’ll fit right in. We’re especially drawn to: - Rebels with a cause — frustrated with the status quo and eager to disrupt it. - Opinionated (but not obstinate) builders — decisive yet collaborative, who help us move fast. - Clear communicators — who own their ideas and follow through. Our mission is simple: make effective cybersecurity painless. We believe cybersecurity should empower, not burden. This belief unites our team and drives every decision we make. If you’re ready to challenge the status quo and help shape the future of cybersecurity, we’d love to meet you. The Backend Software Engineer is a crucial contributor to Oneleet's success, providing technical expertise and innovative solutions in our cybersecurity platform. As a Series A startup, this role offers unique opportunities for close collaboration with the founding team and cross-functional departments. You'll be instrumental in building and optimizing our backend services and infrastructure, working with modern technologies across our stack. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Develop and maintain backend services and APIs in Go - Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries for high-volume data - Build reliable orchestration and integration layers across internal and third-party systems - Implement metrics, distributed tracing, and observability across services - Collaborate with the Engineering team on improving the overall Developer Experience - Implement security best practices - Collaborate with frontend, fullstack, and the broader engineering team QUALIFICATIONS - 2-4 years of experience with Go and designing REST APIs - Experience writing optimized PostgreSQL queries - Comfortable building reliable integrations with third-party APIs and services - Scrappy; prior startup experience and not afraid to get their hands dirty - Pragmatic; knows how to build things fast without unnecessarily complicating things - Expert time management; we work with clients all over the world. We don't expect anyone to be working 24/7 - but we are looking for someone comfortable operating outside of the 9-5 mentality - Comfortable wearing many hats and eagerly adjusts to shifting priorities - Experience in (and thrives in) a fast-moving, start-up engineering environment - Excellent communication skills across all levels of technical proficiency - Experience with architecting, building and maintaining SaaS platform backends BONUS EXPERIENCE - Experience with gRPC or similar tool - Experience with TypeScript - Experience with workflow engines or queue-based job orchestration - Experience in the information security field - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field WHY ONELEET? At Oneleet, you’ll join a tight-knit team of rebels redefining the cybersecurity industry. We move fast, own our work, and challenge outdated models to make security effortless and effective for companies. Here’s what makes us special: - We value impact over titles, autonomy over micromanagement, and clarity over jargon. - You’ll tackle meaningful, hard problems with real-world consequences. - You’ll work with smart, kind, and ambitious teammates who lift each other up. PERKS & BENEFITS - Comprehensive health & wellness benefits - 20 days PTO per year, plus 8 floating holiday - Remote work culture - Team off-sites in stunning places (Amsterdam, Italy, etc). - Competitive compensation & equity We hire globally and compensate competitively within each market using geographic pay bands. The range for this role reflects a US national baseline. Offers for candidates in higher cost-of-labor markets (e.g., San Francisco, New York, Zurich) may fall at or above the top of the posted range, while offers in other markets are benchmarked to local standards and are lower. Within any range, individual compensation is determined by work location, skills and experience demonstrated through the interview process, and relevant education or training. This posting reflects base salary only and does not include equity or benefits. Remote-First & Global Hiring We’re a remote-first company and hire globally in regions where we can legally engage talent directly or via our employer-of-record (EOR) partner. If you’re based outside the U.S., we’ll explore the most compliant hiring arrangement for your location. We make hiring decisions based on merit, skills, and potential regardless of location. U.S. Hiring & E-Verify For U.S.-based candidates, Oneleet participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility, in accordance with federal regulations. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. How we use AI in this Hiring Process This company uses automated technology, including AI-assisted tools, to assist in reviewing applications, assessing candidate qualifications, and detecting fraudulent submissions. These tools analyze application data and identity signals to support, but not replace, human hiring decisions. All final hiring decisions are made by a human reviewer. Candidates who require accommodation or who wish to request information about how these tools are used, including requesting the bias audit results, may contact recruiting@oneleet.com. This process is conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Notice for New York City Residents: You have a right to take at least 10 business days to decide whether to proceed with submitting your information through this process. By continuing, you confirm your understanding of this notice. If you choose to proceed before the 10-business-day period expires, you are making a knowing and voluntary decision to do so.