Coalition
Staff Software Engineer, Security Engineering
$160K–$230K
Any location, United States +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Location
- Any location, United States
United States - Remote
About the job
Leads the Security Engineering team building Coalition Control, owning backend services and technical direction while shipping product and simplifying distributed systems.
What you'll do
- Set the architecture and technical direction for Coalition Control’s backend, and simplify its microservices.
- Build and refine product features with Product, Design, and Engineering; contribute across the stack with backend depth.
- Lead and mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, and participate in the on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- Production experience designing and building distributed, event-driven systems and cloud-based services.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, including architecture decisions, standards, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.
- Strong proficiency in a modern backend language and framework; hands-on AI-assisted development; experience designing and maintaining APIs and integrating third-party platforms.
- Solid understanding of security concepts and practices; clear communication and practical problem-solving.
Nice to have
- Experience with SQS or Kafka on AWS; Python/FastAPI is a plus.
- React.js is a plus; cybersecurity experience is a plus.
Pay
USD 160,000/year–USD 230,000/year base salary
Tools
Python/FastAPI, Go, TypeScript, React, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Cursor
AI focus
Uses AI-assisted development workflows, including Cursor and Claude, to gather context, define requirements, and generate code.
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