Staff Backend Software Engineer
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading with filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Location: Palo Alto, California, hybrid work model. (Could be in a short
maybe under a heading? Not a section heading like "Location"? Not required but we can include as part of a short paragraph maybe under "About the role"? Actually "About the role" heading is for description of role. Could include location there.
- Intro: "This role is based in Palo Alto, California, and follows a hybrid work model. If you’re excited about helping build a large-scale SaaS platform at an early-stage company and the qualifications below align with your background, we’d love to connect!" That's prose.
- About Us: description of Endor Labs.
- How You'll Make An Impact: list of bullet points (joining backend team etc). This is responsibilities.
- What We're Looking For: list of qualifications (Engineering Expertise, Golang Mastery, etc). This is requirements/qualifications.
- Preferred Skills: list (Master of Secure Design, Cloud-Native Proficiency, Security Savvy). This could be under Skills.
- Why Endor Labs: description of culture.
- Compensation: salary range $200k-$250k plus incentives.
We need sections: maybe About the role (intro + location?), Responsibilities (How You'll Make An Impact), Requirements (What We're Looking For), Skills (Preferred Skills), Benefits? Not given explicit benefits besides compensation. Could include Pay section for compensation. Schedule? Not given. So we should not create Schedule or Benefits if not specific. However we could include Benefits if there is mention of incentives? The compensation includes incentives, but not explicit benefits like health, 401k. Probably not include Benefits.
Thus sections: About the role (maybe include location and intro), Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Pay.
We need to use
for each section heading.
Inside sections: Use
for prose,
- for lists.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details.
About Us paragraph: "Endor Labs is building the Application Security platform for the software development revolution. Modern software is complex and dependency-rich, making it increasingly difficult to pinpoint the risks that truly matter. Endor Labs solves this challenge by building a call graph of your entire software estate—enabling teams to clearly identify, prioritize, and fix critical risks faster. Trusted by companies that are one or one hundred years old, Endor Labs secures code whether it was written by humans or AI, and whether it's 40-year old C++ code or cutting edge Bazel Monorepos. Endor Labs was founded by serial entrepreneurs Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, and is backed by leading VC firms such as Dell Technology Capital, Lightspeed, and Sierra Ventures. Sound interesting? Let’s talk if you want to be part of the next big leap in security innovation!"
We can keep that as prose under About the role? Actually About Us is separate but we can incorporate into About the role section (maybe "About the role" includes company description). The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role heading and include both intro and About Us.
Responsibilities: "How You'll Make An Impact Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture. Own Core Product Functionality: Own the core functionality at the heart of Endor’s AppSec platform. Design and deliver features that secure source code end to end, from IDE to deployment, fueling the next generation of AI-driven software development. AI Code security - Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions. Elevate Core Services: Drive the development and optimization of vital core services like our API Gateway and API servers, ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure. Maintain diverse scan environments - Enhance our dynamic cloud scan platform by supporting the ever-growing build and tool chain requirements. Innovate with Autonomy: Embrace the freedom to design and build top-tier tools that will be leveraged across all teams at Endor, making a significant impact on our operations. Champion Observability: Apply best practices in observability to ensure our products and platforms achieve exceptional reliability and availability for our users."
We need to turn each bullet into
- . The text includes colon after headings. We'll parse each sentence after colon as bullet.
List items:
- Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture.
- Own Core Product Functionality: Own the core functionality at the heart of Endor’s AppSec platform. Design and deliver features that secure source code end to end, from IDE to deployment, fueling the next generation of AI-driven software development.
- AI Code security - Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions.
- Elevate Core Services: Drive the development and optimization of vital core services like our API Gateway and API servers, ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure.
- Maintain diverse scan environments - Enhance our dynamic cloud scan platform by supporting the ever-growing build and tool chain requirements.
- Innovate with Autonomy: Embrace the freedom to design and build top-tier tools that will be leveraged across all teams at Endor, making a significant impact on our operations.
- Champion Observability: Apply best practices in observability to ensure our products and platforms achieve exceptional reliability and availability for our users.
We could split some that have two sentences; but we can keep as one
- with both sentences.
Requirements: "What We're Looking For Engineering Expertise: Bachelor’s in engineering and 8+ years of experience. Golang Mastery: Showcase proven experience in Golang programming, with a deep focus on microservices and distributed architecture, to drive our cutting-edge solutions. Build tools and tool chains familiarity - How different tool chains like Maven, pip, npm work to provide a seamless scan experience for our customers. Scalable Systems: Bring your experience with scalable distributed systems, including microservices, domain-driven design, load balancing, and scaling strategies (both horizontal and vertical), to tackle complex challenges. Effective Communicator: Leverage your ability to discuss architectural trade-offs and guide teams towards the most effective solutions, ensuring alignment and forward momentum. Adaptable Innovator: Thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting requirements, embracing change and finding creative solutions to new and unfamiliar problems. AI Savvy - Leverage AI and automated code generation tools to accelerate the delivery of robust, security-hardened, and production-grade software."
We need to list each as
- .
List items:
- Engineering Expertise: Bachelor’s in engineering and 8+ years of experience.
- Golang Mastery: Showcase proven experience in Golang programming, with a deep focus on microservices and distributed architecture, to drive our cutting-edge solutions.
- Build tools and tool chains familiarity - How different tool chains like Maven, pip, npm work to provide a seamless scan experience for our customers.
- Scalable Systems: Bring your experience with scalable distributed systems, including microservices, domain-driven design, load balancing, and scaling strategies (both horizontal and vertical), to tackle complex challenges.
- Effective Communicator: Leverage your ability to discuss architectural trade-offs and guide teams towards the most effective solutions, ensuring alignment and forward momentum.
- Adaptable Innovator: Thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting requirements, embracing change and finding creative solutions to new and unfamiliar problems.
- AI Savvy - Leverage AI and automated code generation tools to accelerate the delivery of robust, security-hardened, and production-grade software.
Preferred Skills: "Preferred Skills Master of Secure Design: Expertise in secure software design principles, including managing certificates, OAuth2/OIDC, and implementing secure changes. Cloud-Native Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Lambda functions, or other cutting-edge cloud-native technologies. Security Savvy: Knowledge of security, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection to tackle real-world challenges and safeguard our systems with cutting-edge solutions."
List items:
- Master of Secure Design: Expertise in secure software design principles, including managing certificates, OAuth2/OIDC, and implementing secure changes.
- Cloud-Native Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Lambda functions, or other cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.
- Security Savvy: Knowledge of security, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection to tackle real-world challenges and safeguard our systems with cutting-edge solutions.
Why Endor Labs: Could be under About the role or maybe a separate section like "About Endor Labs" but not in prescribed headings. Could incorporate into About the role as prose.
Compensation: "Compensation For candidates who receive an offer for this position, the compensation range is expected to be between $200,000 - $250,000. This may include additional incentives such as commission targets, restricted stock units, and/or bonuses, depending on the role."
We need Pay section with that info.
We should not include Schedule or Benefits.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus:
About the role
This role is based in Palo Alto, California, and follows a hybrid work model. If you’re excited about helping build a large-scale SaaS platform at an early-stage company and the qualifications below align with your background, we’d love to connect!
Endor Labs is building the Application Security platform for the software development revolution. Modern software is complex and dependency-rich, making it increasingly difficult to pinpoint the risks that truly matter. Endor Labs solves this challenge by building a call graph of your entire software estate—enabling teams to clearly identify, prioritize, and fix critical risks faster. Trusted by companies that are one or one hundred years old, Endor Labs secures code whether it was written by humans or AI, and whether it's 40-year old C++ code or cutting edge Bazel Monorepos. Endor Labs was founded by serial entrepreneurs Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, and is backed by leading VC firms such as Dell Technology Capital, Lightspeed, and Sierra Ventures. Sound interesting? Let’s talk if you want to be part of the next big leap in security innovation!
We think big, start small, and learn fast. We take ownership, move with purpose, and always start with the customer’s success. We debate with data, make the complex simple, and challenge each other with kindness and candor. We celebrate wins, learn from misses, and have fun along the way — because when our customers win, we all win.
But note: The "Why Endor Labs" paragraph includes that culture description. We included it as prose after About Us. That's fine.
Now Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture.
- Own Core Product Functionality: Own the core functionality at the heart of Endor’s AppSec platform. Design and deliver features that secure source code end to end, from IDE to deployment, fueling the next generation of AI-driven software development.
- AI Code security - Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions.
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading with filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Location: Palo Alto, California, hybrid work model. (Could be in a short
maybe under a heading? Not a section heading like "Location"? Not required but we can include as part of a short paragraph maybe under "About the role"? Actually "About the role" heading is for description of role. Could include location there. - Intro: "This role is based in Palo Alto, California, and follows a hybrid work model. If you’re excited about helping build a large-scale SaaS platform at an early-stage company and the qualifications below align with your background, we’d love to connect!" That's prose. - About Us: description of Endor Labs. - How You'll Make An Impact: list of bullet points (joining backend team etc). This is responsibilities. - What We're Looking For: list of qualifications (Engineering Expertise, Golang Mastery, etc). This is requirements/qualifications. - Preferred Skills: list (Master of Secure Design, Cloud-Native Proficiency, Security Savvy). This could be under Skills. - Why Endor Labs: description of culture. - Compensation: salary range $200k-$250k plus incentives. We need sections: maybe About the role (intro + location?), Responsibilities (How You'll Make An Impact), Requirements (What We're Looking For), Skills (Preferred Skills), Benefits? Not given explicit benefits besides compensation. Could include Pay section for compensation. Schedule? Not given. So we should not create Schedule or Benefits if not specific. However we could include Benefits if there is mention of incentives? The compensation includes incentives, but not explicit benefits like health, 401k. Probably not include Benefits. Thus sections: About the role (maybe include location and intro), Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Pay. We need to use
for each section heading. Inside sections: Use
for prose,
- for lists.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details.
About Us paragraph: "Endor Labs is building the Application Security platform for the software development revolution. Modern software is complex and dependency-rich, making it increasingly difficult to pinpoint the risks that truly matter. Endor Labs solves this challenge by building a call graph of your entire software estate—enabling teams to clearly identify, prioritize, and fix critical risks faster. Trusted by companies that are one or one hundred years old, Endor Labs secures code whether it was written by humans or AI, and whether it's 40-year old C++ code or cutting edge Bazel Monorepos. Endor Labs was founded by serial entrepreneurs Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, and is backed by leading VC firms such as Dell Technology Capital, Lightspeed, and Sierra Ventures. Sound interesting? Let’s talk if you want to be part of the next big leap in security innovation!"
We can keep that as prose under About the role? Actually About Us is separate but we can incorporate into About the role section (maybe "About the role" includes company description). The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role heading and include both intro and About Us. Responsibilities: "How You'll Make An Impact Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture. Own Core Product Functionality: Own the core functionality at the heart of Endor’s AppSec platform. Design and deliver features that secure source code end to end, from IDE to deployment, fueling the next generation of AI-driven software development. AI Code security - Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions. Elevate Core Services: Drive the development and optimization of vital core services like our API Gateway and API servers, ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure. Maintain diverse scan environments - Enhance our dynamic cloud scan platform by supporting the ever-growing build and tool chain requirements. Innovate with Autonomy: Embrace the freedom to design and build top-tier tools that will be leveraged across all teams at Endor, making a significant impact on our operations. Champion Observability: Apply best practices in observability to ensure our products and platforms achieve exceptional reliability and availability for our users." We need to turn each bullet into
- . The text includes colon after headings. We'll parse each sentence after colon as bullet. List items: - Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture. - Own Core Product Functionality: Own the core functionality at the heart of Endor’s AppSec platform. Design and deliver features that secure source code end to end, from IDE to deployment, fueling the next generation of AI-driven software development. - AI Code security - Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions. - Elevate Core Services: Drive the development and optimization of vital core services like our API Gateway and API servers, ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure. - Maintain diverse scan environments - Enhance our dynamic cloud scan platform by supporting the ever-growing build and tool chain requirements. - Innovate with Autonomy: Embrace the freedom to design and build top-tier tools that will be leveraged across all teams at Endor, making a significant impact on our operations. - Champion Observability: Apply best practices in observability to ensure our products and platforms achieve exceptional reliability and availability for our users. We could split some that have two sentences; but we can keep as one
- with both sentences. Requirements: "What We're Looking For Engineering Expertise: Bachelor’s in engineering and 8+ years of experience. Golang Mastery: Showcase proven experience in Golang programming, with a deep focus on microservices and distributed architecture, to drive our cutting-edge solutions. Build tools and tool chains familiarity - How different tool chains like Maven, pip, npm work to provide a seamless scan experience for our customers. Scalable Systems: Bring your experience with scalable distributed systems, including microservices, domain-driven design, load balancing, and scaling strategies (both horizontal and vertical), to tackle complex challenges. Effective Communicator: Leverage your ability to discuss architectural trade-offs and guide teams towards the most effective solutions, ensuring alignment and forward momentum. Adaptable Innovator: Thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting requirements, embracing change and finding creative solutions to new and unfamiliar problems. AI Savvy - Leverage AI and automated code generation tools to accelerate the delivery of robust, security-hardened, and production-grade software." We need to list each as
- .
List items:
- Engineering Expertise: Bachelor’s in engineering and 8+ years of experience.
- Golang Mastery: Showcase proven experience in Golang programming, with a deep focus on microservices and distributed architecture, to drive our cutting-edge solutions.
- Build tools and tool chains familiarity - How different tool chains like Maven, pip, npm work to provide a seamless scan experience for our customers.
- Scalable Systems: Bring your experience with scalable distributed systems, including microservices, domain-driven design, load balancing, and scaling strategies (both horizontal and vertical), to tackle complex challenges.
- Effective Communicator: Leverage your ability to discuss architectural trade-offs and guide teams towards the most effective solutions, ensuring alignment and forward momentum.
- Adaptable Innovator: Thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting requirements, embracing change and finding creative solutions to new and unfamiliar problems.
- AI Savvy - Leverage AI and automated code generation tools to accelerate the delivery of robust, security-hardened, and production-grade software.
Preferred Skills: "Preferred Skills Master of Secure Design: Expertise in secure software design principles, including managing certificates, OAuth2/OIDC, and implementing secure changes. Cloud-Native Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Lambda functions, or other cutting-edge cloud-native technologies. Security Savvy: Knowledge of security, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection to tackle real-world challenges and safeguard our systems with cutting-edge solutions."
List items:
- Master of Secure Design: Expertise in secure software design principles, including managing certificates, OAuth2/OIDC, and implementing secure changes.
- Cloud-Native Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Lambda functions, or other cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.
- Security Savvy: Knowledge of security, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection to tackle real-world challenges and safeguard our systems with cutting-edge solutions.
Why Endor Labs: Could be under About the role or maybe a separate section like "About Endor Labs" but not in prescribed headings. Could incorporate into About the role as prose.
Compensation: "Compensation For candidates who receive an offer for this position, the compensation range is expected to be between $200,000 - $250,000. This may include additional incentives such as commission targets, restricted stock units, and/or bonuses, depending on the role."
We need Pay section with that info.
We should not include Schedule or Benefits.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus:
About the role
This role is based in Palo Alto, California, and follows a hybrid work model. If you’re excited about helping build a large-scale SaaS platform at an early-stage company and the qualifications below align with your background, we’d love to connect!
Endor Labs is building the Application Security platform for the software development revolution. Modern software is complex and dependency-rich, making it increasingly difficult to pinpoint the risks that truly matter. Endor Labs solves this challenge by building a call graph of your entire software estate—enabling teams to clearly identify, prioritize, and fix critical risks faster. Trusted by companies that are one or one hundred years old, Endor Labs secures code whether it was written by humans or AI, and whether it's 40-year old C++ code or cutting edge Bazel Monorepos. Endor Labs was founded by serial entrepreneurs Varun Badhwar and Dimitri Stiliadis, and is backed by leading VC firms such as Dell Technology Capital, Lightspeed, and Sierra Ventures. Sound interesting? Let’s talk if you want to be part of the next big leap in security innovation!
We think big, start small, and learn fast. We take ownership, move with purpose, and always start with the customer’s success. We debate with data, make the complex simple, and challenge each other with kindness and candor. We celebrate wins, learn from misses, and have fun along the way — because when our customers win, we all win.
But note: The "Why Endor Labs" paragraph includes that culture description. We included it as prose after About Us. That's fine. Now Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- Join Our Cutting-Edge Backend Team: Dive into the heart of innovation by working on a state-of-the-art distributed system with a sophisticated monorepo architecture.
- Own Core Product Functionality: Own the core functionality at the heart of Endor’s AppSec platform. Design and deliver features that secure source code end to end, from IDE to deployment, fueling the next generation of AI-driven software development.
- AI Code security - Be at the forefront of securing customer code with bleeding edge AI code security solutions.