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Cylake

Backend Engineer

Sunnyvale
Salary
$150,000 - $250,000 per year
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · Sunnyvale

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Open. First seen 3 October 2026.

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About the role

Cylake's standard text

Your Impact

Join a small team building the next generation of cybersecurity products from the ground up. Led by industry veterans with a proven track record of success - you will get to architect, build, and deliver hugely impactful products with this world-class team. You will have the opportunity to grow your career and skills along with the company from the very start.

Role Overview

You will be responsible for designing and building the management layer for a distributed embedded system. This includes designing the policy structure, configuration storage and reliability, secret management, and engines that enable these capabilities. This will allow you to build a performant and robust system from the ground up, having a direct impact on the success of the product line.

Required Experience

  • 5+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
  • Strong proficiency in a subset of modern backend programming languages (Go, Python, Node.js, Rust, etc.)
  • Deep understanding of database technologies, their performance characteristics, and use cases
  • Proven experience designing, building, and securing modern RESTful or gRPC-based APIs for highly available systems
  • Experience with Policy Engines and policy-as-code frameworks
  • Strong understanding of security and secret storage technologies
  • Strong communication and documentation skills
  • Frontend experience is a plus
  • Experience with modern cloud providers and DevOps experience is a plus
  • IoT and Embedded system experience is a nice-to-have

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and long-term success. The expected salary range for this position is $150,000 – $250,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Most candidates can expect an offer within the range listed above. Your recruiter will provide additional details on compensation and benefits to qualified candidates during the hiring process.

Cylake's standard text

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems · JavaScript · Node.js · REST · gRPC

Rare in Cylake's other 14 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

Python

Common in backend postings at any company.

In most of Cylake's ads

Cybersecurity

Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.

63% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Cylake's standard text, folded away below.

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The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 12 open in Engineering. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Cybersecurity (12 of 12), Rust (8 of 12), Python (7 of 12), C (4 of 12), Golang (4 of 12), C++ (3 of 12), Linux (3 of 12)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Salary context

30 other open postings titled Backend Engineer state a salary: median USD 145,000 to USD 200,000 a year.

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