Team8 Stealth Cyber Startup - Software Engineer

About the role

Description
We are a fast-growing stealth cyber startup, backed by Team8, on a mission to solve one of the most critical challenges in the modern cyber landscape. We are looking for a brilliant Backend Engineer to join our core team and help architect, build, and scale our platform from the ground up.
Role description
We are looking for a strong Software Engineer to join our core team, become a true partner in building the product end‑to‑end, and take a key role in architectural, technological, and implementation decisions.
This is a hands-on role in a small team, with a lot of responsibility, autonomy, and influence over the technical and business direction.
What you will do
Design, develop, and maintain high‑scale Backend / Full‑Stack services in a cloud environment.
Design and implement Microservices architectures and distributed processes.
Work with data systems, databases, and messaging / event‑driven architectures.
Integrate with a variety of security, IT, and cloud tools and systems.
Own features end‑to‑end – from technical design, through implementation, to deployment and production metrics.
Work closely with Product and Research teams to translate security problems into working product.
Take part in key technology choices, tools selection, and team standards.

Requirements
6+ years of hands‑on software development in Backend or Full‑Stack roles.
Practical experience with at least one of the following languages: Go / Python / Node.js .
Experience building distributed and cloud‑native systems (AWS / GCP / Azure).
Hands‑on experience with Docker and container‑based environments (Kubernetes – strong advantage).
Solid understanding of System Design , architecture, and how to build scalable, fault‑tolerant systems.
Experience with databases – SQL and/or NoSQL, including schema and data‑model design.
Fast learner, independent, with strong ownership and end‑to‑end delivery mindset.
Pragmatic, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working in a small, dynamic team.
Nice to have
Practical experience in Cyber Security – security products and/or working with security teams.
Experience with event‑driven architectures and message brokers (Kafka / RabbitMQ / NATS or similar).
Knowledge or experience with AI / LLMs and integrating them into production systems.
Experience with observability – monitoring, logging, and tracing (Prometheus / Grafana / ELK, etc.).
DevOps experience.
Previous experience in an early‑stage startup.