This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer, SSCS: Supply Chain based in India.
We are seeking a highly skilled backend engineer to help build advanced software supply chain security capabilities for enterprise customers.
In this role, you will design and develop secure backend systems that help organizations manage software integrity, compliance, and risk throughout the development lifecycle.
You will work on complex engineering challenges involving policy enforcement, artifact verification, provenance tracking, and security automation.
As part of a focused and collaborative team, you will have significant ownership over architecture, implementation decisions, and product evolution.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a strategically important security platform while solving real-world challenges in DevSecOps.
You will work in a remote-first, async environment that values autonomy, technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer, SSCS: Supply Chain based in India.
We are seeking a highly skilled backend engineer to help build advanced software supply chain security capabilities for enterprise customers.
In this role, you will design and develop secure backend systems that help organizations manage software integrity, compliance, and risk throughout the development lifecycle.
You will work on complex engineering challenges involving policy enforcement, artifact verification, provenance tracking, and security automation.
As part of a focused and collaborative team, you will have significant ownership over architecture, implementation decisions, and product evolution.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a strategically important security platform while solving real-world challenges in DevSecOps.
You will work in a remote-first, async environment that values autonomy, technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.
Accountabilities:
- Design and implement backend capabilities supporting software supply chain security, including policy enforcement, artifact signing and verification, provenance workflows, and security integrations.
- Develop and improve package policy evaluation systems, including rule processing, request matching, enforcement decisions, and performance optimization.
- Build artifact signing and verification workflows using modern security approaches, including cryptographic signing, key management, and trusted software delivery practices.
- Create and maintain backend APIs and configuration systems that enable enterprise security teams to define and manage supply chain requirements.
- Integrate security capabilities with broader platform frameworks, improving policy management, automation, and customer workflows.
- Collaborate with teams across security, infrastructure, and product areas to deliver cohesive solutions for evolving customer needs.
- Write and maintain comprehensive automated testing, including unit, integration, and reliability-focused test coverage.
- Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions while maintaining secure engineering standards.
- Contribute to improving engineering practices, documentation, and team knowledge sharing.
- Proven experience building production backend systems with strong Ruby on Rails expertise.
- Working knowledge of Go or the ability and willingness to quickly develop proficiency in Go-based systems.
- Strong API design skills, including experience with REST, GraphQL, and defining scalable service boundaries.
- Solid PostgreSQL experience, including database design, query optimization, indexing strategies, and performance considerations.
- Experience using Redis for caching, coordination, or distributed system patterns.
- Strong understanding of secure software engineering principles, including trust boundaries, validation, and failure handling.
- Familiarity with software supply chain security concepts such as SLSA, SBOMs, artifact signing, security scanning, or related technologies.
- Interest in complex engineering domains such as policy engines, package ecosystems, platform security, and DevSecOps solutions.
- Ability to design maintainable, scalable systems while balancing technical quality with customer and business requirements.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in remote, globally distributed teams.
- Self-driven approach with strong ownership, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently in an async-first environment.
- Comprehensive benefits package supporting health, financial security, and overall well-being.
- Flexible paid time off to promote work-life balance and personal flexibility.
- Equity compensation opportunities and employee stock purchase plans.
- Professional development support through dedicated learning and growth resources.
- Parental leave benefits to support employees and families.
- Access to employee resource groups that encourage inclusion, belonging, and community.
- Fully remote work environment with flexibility across locations.
- Opportunity to work on impactful security technology used by organizations worldwide.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will contribute to the design, development, and evolution of secure software supply chain solutions. You will collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to deliver reliable backend services while maintaining high standards for performance, scalability, and security.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate brings strong backend engineering experience, security awareness, and the ability to solve complex platform challenges in a distributed environment.