Principal Backend / Platform Engineer (Cybersecurity)
Remote · United Kingdom or US
Job Summary
Own the cloud platform architecture end-to-end, including design, scalability, and reliability. Design and implement low-latency real-time detection pipelines (client → cloud → response). Build and maintain data ingestion and processing systems ensuring high data quality and clean interfaces with ML systems. Develop admin and control-plane backends, including internal tooling and customer-facing APIs (multi-tenant, RBAC, auditability). Design and enforce privacy-first systems, ensuring sensitive data is processed securely without unnecessary storage. Own platform infrastructure, including Azure cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code. Establish observability, reliability standards, and system health monitoring. Design and enforce end-to-end security, including platform hardening and supply chain security.
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience designing distributed backend systems
- Deep familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure)
- Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and Redis
- Experience building data pipelines or real-time processing systems
- Strong understanding of security and privacy in system design
- Ability to own architecture end-to-end with minimal oversight
- Experience in cybersecurity or privacy-sensitive products
- Familiarity with ML/AI systems (supporting, not necessarily building models)
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Exposure to streaming systems or event-driven architectures
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