Backend Software Engineer (Internet Services Simulation)
$15,000,000–$27,000,000 year
RemoteCosta Rica
Job Summary
Design and operate Kubernetes-based deployment automation for a persistent catalog of simulated internet services, including open-source platforms and custom services approximating major cloud properties. Build content seeding pipelines that scrape, transform, and inject realistic data into simulated services, while configuring authoritative DNS infrastructure and email delivery systems to support adversarial scenarios. Manage service lifecycle automation, instrument observability using Grafana, and contribute to the service API layer for programmatic management. Collaborate with the identity and persona team to ensure consistent user provisioning across simulated environments.
Required Qualifications
- Strong bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish skills required across written, virtual, and in-person interactions
- Solid experience deploying and operating containerized services in Kubernetes, including writing deployment configuration and automation for a heterogeneous set of applications
- Hands-on experience with self-hosted open-source platforms — you have run your own mail server, stood up a social media instance, or operated similar infrastructure and understand the configuration complexity involved
- Working knowledge of DNS — not just querying it, but operating authoritative nameservers, understanding zone delegation, and configuring records for email authentication
- Familiarity with email delivery infrastructure: how mail servers work, how sender authentication is constructed, and what makes an email appear legitimate to receiving infrastructure
- Experience with web scraping, data transformation pipelines, or content generation
- Comfort working across a broad, heterogeneous service catalog — this role rewards generalist depth across many technologies over deep specialization in one
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with PKI and TLS fundamentals is a plus — understanding how certificate trust chains work and how clients are configured to trust custom certificate authorities
- Experience in cybersecurity, red team infrastructure, or cyber range environments is a plus
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