Software Engineer (Backend), Core Services

About the role

Censys’ mission is to be the one place to understand everything on the internet. This position is 100% remote within the United States or Canada.

What You'll Do

• Extend and improve our role-based access control systems, building fine-grained permission models that meet the needs of enterprise customers
• Design and build new platform features including group management and expanded functionality to our existing enterprise authentication mechanisms (SAML / SCIM)
• Implement clean, well-tested microservices with clear APIs and proper error handling
• Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to clarify requirements, drive technical decisions on features you own, and ship on a regular cadence
• Share on-call responsibilities for the services the team owns and handle straightforward incidents with the team supporting
• Contribute to the developer experience for both internal teams and external API consumers as platform capabilities grow

What You'll Bring

• 2-4 years of software engineering experience
• Solid Go (Golang) implementation skills — clean code, idiomatic error handling, effective use of the standard library
• Experience building and shipping backend services in a cloud environment (GCP or AWS)
• A track record of delivering feature work at high quality and seeing it through to production
• Strong ownership instinct and drive, to identify what needs to be done, ask the right questions early, and follow through
• Clear communication and the ability to collaborate effectively with product and engineering stakeholders

What Sets You Apart

• Familiarity with identity concepts: SSO, SAML, OIDC, or SCIM
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• Comfort in a distributed systems context
• Experience working on systems where correctness and security properties matter

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $125,000 USD - $165,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.

Benefits

• Equity
• Health, dental & vision coverage
• Retail with company contribution
• Parenthood leave
• Mental health & wellness benefits
• Flexible PTO
• Professional development stipend

Equal Opportunity Employer

Censys is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.