In this role you design and lead scalable backend APIs that integrate with cloud services, with emphasis on IBM Cloud. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to define intuitive interfaces and advance Sysdig’s cloud integrations. You’ll guide architecture and drive quality and clarity in API design and data models, shaping the long-term direction of IBM Cloud integrations. This is a hands-on leadership role where you mentor peers and raise engineering standards, contributing to a premier cloud security platform.
Compensaciones / Ventajas
- Extra days off
- Mental health support via Modern Health app
- Great compensation package
Responsabilidades
- Lead design and development of scalable backend APIs and services integrating with cloud services (IBM Cloud)
- Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, and Partner teams to define requirements and intuitive interfaces
- Shape evolution of Sysdig’s managed cloud services, focusing on IBM Cloud
- Influence architecture and technical direction for IBM Cloud integrations (IAM, authn/authz,
service-to-service patterns, resiliency)
- Champion quality, simplicity, and clarity in system design, API design, and data modeling
- Provide technical leadership via design reviews, mentorship, and setting engineering standards
Requisitos principales
- Experience designing and building distributed backend systems and APIs (data-heavy or high-throughput)
- Cloud fundamentals with IBM Cloud specifics training or quick ramp-up
- Experience with IAM and access patterns (OAuth/OIDC, JWT, RBAC/policy-based access); IBM Cloud IAM a plus
- Knowledge of SaaS operations and Kubernetes (deployments, scaling, observability, incident response mindset)
- Development experience in Java, Go, or similar
- Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL data stores (e.g., Postgres)
- Collaborative mindset
- Mentorship and leadership experience
- Clear communication across cross-functional teams
- Java
- Go
- Kubernetes