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Backend Developer (Iceland)

Iceland · Full-time

About The Position

Upwind is a next-generation Cloud Security Platform that leverages runtime context to identify and prioritize critical risks, providing precise insights and efficient cloud security management. Unlike traditional tools, Upwind uses runtime data proactively for risk prioritization and posture insights, ensuring teams focus on what truly matters. With industry-leading efficiency and eBPF-powered sensors, Upwind delivers comprehensive capabilities, including agentless cloud posture discovery, real-time threat protection, and integrated API security. From misconfigurations to malware defense, Upwind ensures end-to-end, cost-effective cloud infrastructure protection. At Upwind, you’ll have the opportunity to think creatively, explore new ideas, and use your skills to make a meaningful impact on our growth.


We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our great Software Engineering team.The team faces complex engineering issues on a daily basis, both solving new challenges and constantly improving the existing solutions. We build deep integrations with container runtimes and orchestration systems and efficiently process large volumes of data to get to the root cause of threats and identify the risks that really matter. We work with all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and use cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, containerd, eBPF, SQLite, Helm, Terraform and more.


Responsibilities 

  • Responsible for the entire lifecycle of the project, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring and maintenance in the production environment
  • Contributing to technical and architectural decisions
  • Conducting design and code reviews
  • Analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various backend system components
  • Interfacing with other teams (e.g. Frontend, DevOps) to deliver best-in-class features

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of experience with Backend Engineering in a high-level programming language preferably Golang
  • Experience with cloud platforms and related products (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure)
  • Experience implementing data-intensive systems (databases, event systems, messaging systems, etc)
  • Experience with Linux
  • Experience with Kubernetes and container technology
  • Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
  • Experience with microservices based architecture
  • Knowledge of eBPF - An advantage
  • Familiarity or direct experience in a cybersecurity field - An advantage

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