TeleportSenior Backend Engineer - Platform Security
We help companies stay secure while moving fast.
Built by engineers for engineers, The Teleport Access Platform delivers on-demand, least privileged access to infrastructure based on cryptographic identity and zero trust, with built-in identity security and policy governance, making the happy path for engineers the secure path.
Teleport is trusted by the world’s fastest-moving companies, including Elastic, Discord, Doordash, and NASDAQ. We recently raised US$110M at a US$1.1B valuation.
Our Vision
Today's computing environments have too much complexity, too many network boundaries, and too little trust. Complexity slows engineers down and leads to human errors. Complex systems can’t be secure despite the red tape of bureaucracy. We make trusted computing simple. This gives engineers the freedom to move and build a better future.
Why Teleport
At Teleport, we focus on empowering our people to accomplish their goals by working alongside highly talented people to make the most of their careers. You have the freedom, autonomy and trust to do what you’re great at and have a significant impact on the future prospects of the company.
Whether that’s taking a feature or project from ideation to deployment or working with some of the biggest, most interesting companies in the world and solving real challenges for them, we want you to help us build the future.
We’re not a big company. You won’t get lost in a crowd. Instead, we move fast, with a team that wants to make an impact, that shares in our success, and gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to become the very best at what you do.
About Us
Teleport is the Infrastructure Identity Company, modernizing identity, access, and policy for infrastructure, improving engineering velocity and resiliency of critical infrastructure against human factors and/or compromise.
We are a fast-growing, well-funded Y-Combinator company. We value our craft, are strong supporters of work/life balance, and embrace a culture of humility, honesty, and transparency.
About this job
We are looking for product-focused systems engineers to work on Teleport itself.
You will work on problems ranging from networking and performance to security and integrations with external systems.
You will work on the full product lifecycle from working with customers to understand their problems, writing RFDs for your proposed design, implementation, testing, and documentation.
Teleport is an open core project and most of the code you will write will be open source and written in Go (or Rust).
Projects you may work on
The Platform Security team is focused on application security for the Teleport product. This team implements security controls and works with security researchers to find and fix security vulnerabilities.
Recent projects:
Add support for a new S3-based audit log
Enable storing private key material in AWS and GCP KMS
Requirements
Go or Rust experience
Linux systems engineering experience
Cryptography engineering experience is a plus
As we are a startup, you should be comfortable changing the area of focus and working directly with customers.
Interview Process
What to expect once you apply:
You will join 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the compensation, interview process and requirements.
You join a Slack channel and submit a coding challenge in Go or Rust using GitHub.
The Benefits
While many companies flaunt their benefits and perks to convince you to join their company, we believe your career is more important than that. That’s why we focus on making your day-to-day the best it can be while empowering you to achieve your goals and aspirations.
What does that mean?
It means you’ll have the autonomy to make your own decisions and focus on what’s important to you and your role.
It means having access to a senior team that supports you and wants to see you succeed.
You’ll have a smart team you can learn from, collaborate with, and grow with.
It means being able to make an impact and have a voice in the future of the feature, product or company direction. We don’t just leave you to focus on a niche. We allow you to spread your wings and take advantage of opportunities, challenging projects and exciting problems.
It means removing the bureaucracy and red tape that stifles innovation while giving you access to all the information you need to build and take action more quickly.
It means allowing you to have the career you’ve always wanted today, rather than having to “earn your stripes” and wait for the right moment. If you’re good enough, you’re good enough.
But we don’t stop there.
In addition to the career opportunities at Teleport, we offer a whole range of benefits that help you to maximize your future, including:
Extensive health coverage
Annual expense budget
Rest & recovery policies that maximize leave and your ability to recharge
Investment in your future with retirement savings plans
Equity in a US $1.1-bn business
Professional development opportunities
Do you have what it takes?
Get to use (and know) Teleport through our unique interview process
At Teleport, we do things a bit differently. And when we say we only hire top talent, we actually mean it. Because of this, our interview process is different too - and we’re proud of it. We let your work do the talking. We don’t go in for six rounds of interviews, live whiteboard or live-coding. We don’t hire people that can talk a good game. We only want the best. And for that, we need to see what you can do, in your own time, in your own way. For real.
But interviews are a two-way street. Through the project, you’ll get a real taste of life at Teleport, including:
We’re flexible - you’ll have plenty of time to complete your project, if life gets in the way, that’s ok. We can - work around you.
We give you autonomy - you’ll have the space and freedom to figure things out, make decisions, and problem-solve.
We’re collaborative - Got questions?
We have answers. You’ll have support from your team - the one you’ll be working with day in day out if you’re successful in getting the role.
We progress careers - During the project, see how much you learn. That’s what working at Teleport is like. We like learning, on the job. All-the-time.
We can move fast (if you can) - two weeks sound like a long time? No problem? Early submissions are fine, and we’ll keep the process moving.
Think you’ve got what it takes? We’d love to see it! Unconvinced? We can guarantee three things:
It’ll challenge you.
You'll learn a lot.
If you love the process, you'll love working at Teleport.
Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.
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