Point Wild
cybersecurity
BackendArchitect-Golang
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“Backend Architect - Golang at Point Wild. Skills: Golang, Backend Architecture, Distributed Systems, Scalability, Reliability, Security. Lead backend team. Set technical direction for backend platform”
What You'll Achieve.
Backend platform serving millions of users; Fast, reliable, and secure distributed services at scale; Meet performance targets; Protect users at scale
Industry & Context.
Solve real customer problems; Anticipate customers' evolving digital security needs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of backend engineering & architecture experience, 5+ years in Golang, Designing and operating distributed systems at scale, Networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS), VPN protocols (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec), Tunneling, NAT traversal, Low-latency networking, Production experience on AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, Aurora/RDS), Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), Linux development background, Cryptography fundamentals, Threat modeling methodologies, Secure coding practices, API design skills
Nice to Have
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, Network performance tuning and optimization experience, Python, Java, NoSQL databases, Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
What You'll Do.
Set technical direction for backend platform
Own architecture decisions for distributed services
Define and evolve backend platform architecture
Design and build highly available distributed services in Golang
Integrate client features cleanly into backend systems
Deliver end-to-end functionality
Drive team to meet performance targets
Ship reliable products
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Guide an engineering team; Partner with the SDK team; Mentor engineers; Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and product teams
Full Job Description
Point Wild helps customers monitor, manage, and protect against the risks associated with their identities and personal information in a digital world. Backed by WndrCo, Warburg Pincus and General Catalyst, Point Wild is dedicated to creating the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading cybersecurity solutions. Our vision is to become THE go-to resource for every cyber protection need individuals may face - today and in the future. Join us for the ride! About the Role We're seeking a hands-on VPN Backend Architect (Golang) to lead our backend team while spending 70% of your time writing Golang code. You'll set technical direction for our backend platform serving millions of users, guide an engineering team, and own architecture decisions for distributed services that must be fast, reliable, and secure at scale. This role suits someone who wants to design secure, scalable systems and write the code that runs them. What You'll Do Define and evolve the architecture of our backend platform serving connections from millions of users Design and build highly available distributed services in Golang while setting technical direction on scalability, reliability, and performance targets Lead code reviews and champion testing discipline, clean architecture, and engineering best practices across the team Partner with the SDK team to integrate client features cleanly into backend systems and deliver end-to-end functionality Mentor engineers and grow the technical depth of the team while collaborating with security, infrastructure, and product teams Drive the team to meet performance targets and ship reliable products that protect users at scale What We're Looking For Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. 8+ years of backend engineering & architecture experience with 5+ years in Golang Proven track record designing and operating distributed systems at scale with deep understanding of networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS) Hands-on e
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