Senior Software Engineer, Backend -

Enterprises of all sizes trust Abnormal Security’s cloud products to stop cybercrime. These products are data intensive SaaS applications that depend on reliable, scalable, and secure access to data. This is where our Data Platform team fits in, enabling efficient, reliable and scalable data processing across both realtime and offline processing systems. Come empower the rest of engineering to stop cybercrime as we expand our offerings across both clouds and regions.
The Data Platform team is looking to add a Senior Software Engineer. The individual in this role will have the opportunity to partner closely with our existing world class team of engineers as we define and build the next generation Batch platform.
There are a lot of opportunities for growth and career advancement – it’s up to you to own your career Some potential career paths for this role include:
Solving zero-to-one or one-to-million problems
Growing into a Staff / technical leadership role
Positioning yourself to be a founding engineer for a new team.
What you will do
Optimize the performance of offline data processing systems (we use PySpark and Databricks) to increase their efficiency.
Improve the reliability and security posture of offline data storage systems.
Define and deliver our data platform offerings across AWS, Azure to empower and delight our internal engineering customers (Data Science and ML)
Must Haves
6+ years of experience working on data-intensive applications and distributed systems. This is not a Data Engineering role.
Strong programming skills in Python, Golang, or similar languages.
Depth in at least one key area of the Data Platform tech stack - batch processing systems (we use Spark), data modeling (DBT), data orchestration systems (such as Airflow)Relational DBs, key value and/or document datastores, caches, Kafka, Spark (or other batch processing systems)
Excellent ability and strong desire to onboard and mentor other engineers.
Experience in working with AWS (or a similar public commercial cloud such as Azure / GCP).
Nice to Haves
Prior experience in up-leveling the use of Spark (or similar data processing systems) in a tech startup to support their growth and scale.
Prior experience with Databricks.

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About Abnormal AI
We're one of the world's fastest growing cybersecurity companies, on a mission to protect the modern workplace from the most pressing threats. Our AI-native technology was built from the ground up to tackle forward-looking security challenges, and our team works with bleeding-edge technology to keep our customers and their people safe as attacks grow ever more sophisticated. Our team is what makes us successful, which is why we're committed to a culture of learning, ownership, and high performance, where you'll have the opportunity to accelerate your growth and unlock excellence with the support of talented colleagues.

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When the company does well, we all do well. Equity is an important and exciting part of our total compensation strategy as a pre-IPO startup. We’re guided by the belief our team members should share in the financial success of our company and grant equity accordingly.

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Taking care of our team goes beyond the office. In the US, we cover 100% of employee health care premium costs, and up to 100% for dependents, depending on the plan. Internationally, we offer similarly generous coverage, customized to each country in which we operate.

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Operating as a globally-distributed, majority remote company means we get to work with talented folks, no matter where they live. We prioritize a balance of deep focus time with Zoom meetings, and regular in-person events. As a fast growing startup, we continuously review, improve, and personalize our benefits offerings based on the team’s input. Don’t see something that’s important to you? Let us know!

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Abnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. For our EEO policy statement please click If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click

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