Obsidian Security | REMOTE (US-Eastern hours ideal) or ONSITE (Palo Alto / Newport Beach) | Full-Time | VISA OK | Salary $149k–$208k + equity
We secure the SaaS apps—Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more—where modern business happens, blocking breaches *in real time*.
Why Obsidian?
- Founded 2017; backed by Greylock, Norwest, IVP, and others, now scaling toward IPO.
- Trusted by Snowflake, T-Mobile, Pure Storage & 200+ enterprises on five continents.
- Momentum: $90 M Series C, new AI-driven defenses, expanding partner ecosystem.
Senior Threat Backend EngineerOwn the APIs, event pipelines, and extension logic that power our browser-native security product. Ship to prod the day you merge.
You will:
- Build & refine threat detections with our security research team.
- Stream and enrich event data through Kafka → Postgres/Elasticsearch.
- Extend our Chromium-based browser extension (WXT).
- Add new SaaS services to the platform; optimize data stores for scale.
Stack highlights: - Python + FastAPI / asyncio
- TypeScript + WXT
- Rust micro-services
- Kafka
- Docker/K8s
- Postgres & Elasticsearch
You bring: - 4–6 yrs software engineering (cyber-security a plus).
- Deep Python async skills; Kafka & K8s in production.
- DB mastery (Postgres + Elastic).
- Clear communication & bias toward ownership.
Apply here: https://grnh.se/a646066d8us