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Backend Engineer

Leader in consumer privacy space with over 100M users globally, providing secure photo vault and privacy solutions on iOS and Android.
Backend
Mid-Level Software Engineer
Remote
51 - 100 Employees
2+ years of experience
Cybersecurity · Consumer

Description For Backend Engineer

Keepsafe, a leading consumer privacy company with over 100 million global users, is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their fully-remote team. The role focuses on developing and maintaining privacy-focused mobile applications, with their flagship product being a secure photo vault. The position requires expertise in Python development, cloud infrastructure, and security engineering.

The ideal candidate will work on critical infrastructure handling security, encryption, key management, and cloud synchronization. You'll be part of a team that values precision, beautiful code, and privacy above all. The role offers significant autonomy and ownership, allowing you to make important technical decisions and directly impact millions of users.

The tech stack includes Python 3.x, AWS, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, and Couchbase. The company has demonstrated its commitment to the tech community through various open-source contributions, including aiohttp and several Android development tools. They offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the flexibility of remote work with monthly in-person meetups.

This position is perfect for engineers who are passionate about privacy, security, and building scalable solutions. You'll have the opportunity to work on challenging problems while contributing to a product that helps millions of users protect their personal data. The company culture emphasizes independence, precision, and privacy-first thinking, making it an ideal environment for engineers who value these principles.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Backend Engineer

  • Serve millions of people who use our apps daily
  • Design and own a significant part of our codebase
  • Help the team scale and develop core pieces of infrastructure
  • Collaborate with product and design teams
  • Work on security, smart encryption, key management
  • Develop data transcoding and secure cloud sync solutions
  • Build back-end custom analytics

Requirements For Backend Engineer

Python
PostgreSQL
Kubernetes
Redis
  • Great software engineering skills: code speaks stronger than degrees
  • Experience developing in Python 3.x
  • Strong knowledge of DevOps fundamentals
  • Appetite for fast product iteration, shipping high quality apps
  • Mindset for independent work and ownership of the apps
  • Experience or interest in cryptography and security engineering
  • Minimum 2 years of full-time related experience
  • Proficiency in backend development using Python
  • Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs
  • Knowledge of API gateways and rate limiting, authentication, and caching strategies
  • Understanding of database design and optimization
  • Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration
  • Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines

Benefits For Backend Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Relocation Benefits
Visa Sponsorship
  • Competitive compensation
  • 100% health care premiums
  • Great dental, vision & family benefits
  • Remote work with in-person onboarding in San Francisco Bay Area
  • Stipend for work from home desk setup including phone/internet
  • Fast growth in a small, high-performance team
  • H1B transfer available

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