Staff Software Engineer - Platform & Infrastructure

Abnormal Security is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead foundational efforts in their Platform Infrastructure team. This role involves building and operating the core systems for AI-driven detection and prevention, focusing on reliability, scalability, and security. The ideal candidate will drive technical projects, adopt a platform-first operating model, and mentor a high-performing team.

Requirements

• Proven experience building and scaling data-intensive, distributed backend systems in high-growth environments.
• 5+ years as a Senior/Staff engineer building platforms, tools, or infrastructure that materially increase engineering velocity and reliability.
• Depth in at least two of the following three areas: Compute, Orchestration, Data Platform
• Strong IaC, observability, and SRE fundamentals (SLOs, error budgets, incident management, postmortems, capacity planning).
• Hands-on experience with our stack (or equivalent): Python, Golang, Terraform/Terragrunt, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, OpenSearch, AWS, Kubernetes.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Benefits