# Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Security

**Company:** [Teleport](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/teleport)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $222k – $342k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Linux, Identity Management, RBAC, Abac, Zero Trust, Distributed Systems, Application Security, Threat Modeling, Applied Cryptography
**Posted:** 2026-06-11

> Senior Backend Engineer focused on application security for Teleport's core product. Design and implement security controls in Go for distributed systems, collaborating with security researchers on vulnerabilities.

## Job Description

## 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.
- Master and thoughtfully apply technological advancements in the AI space.
- Grow your technical expertise.

## What We're Looking For
- Willingness to work collaboratively with Teleport's engineers on coding challenge in Go 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-trust security models.
- Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies.
- Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset.

## Nice to have
- Secure design and threat modeling experience.
- Vulnerability research experience.
- Applied Cryptography knowledge.
- Significant contributions in Open Source.

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