SeniorBackendEngineer-PlatformSecurity

About Teleport Don't wait for the future of infrastructure. Be part of it. Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company. We're solving one of the hardest problems in security: giving every human, machine, workload, and AI agent a cryptographically secured identity, improving engineering velocity while maintaining security. We make trusted computing simple. This gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to build and innovate with confidence. Remote-first and globally distributed, we work with companies like Nasdaq, IBM, DoorDash, and Elastic to secure infrastructure for an AI world. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for product-focused systems engineers and to work on Teleport Core Product. You will focus on problems related to application security for Teleport. You will implement security controls and work with security researchers to find and fix security vulnerabilities. Teleport is an open core project, and most of the code you will write will be open source and written in Go. Important information - You must be a current resident of the UK. - We require to be in-person in our Oakland, CA, office for the onboarding week. - We conduct background and education verification checks. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Become an expert on everything related to application security at Teleport. - Design, develop, and ship outstanding, high-quality products. - Write most of the code in Go. - Closely collaborate with other teams at Teleport on matters related to application security. - Grow your technical expertise. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Willingness to work collaboratively with Teleport's engineers on coding challenge in Go https://github.com/gravitational/careers/blob/main/challenges/systems/challenge-1.md as part of the interview process. - Extensive Go experience. - Extensive experience developing scalable distributed systems and platforms with the focus on application security. - Linux systems engineering experience. - Strong knowledge of Identity Management, RBAC, ABAC, and zero