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About the Role

Abnormal AI is looking for a backend software engineer to work on customer-facing products that enable SOC teams to search across cloud email tenants, investigate threats, and perform remediation at scale. You'll work on systems that directly power how security teams find and act on malicious messages inside the Abnormal platform. We use AI-augmented development practices across our engineering org, and expect engineers to leverage modern AI tools to build faster and ship high-quality software with more leverage. The ideal candidate has backend and distributed systems experience, takes ownership of what they ship, and wants to work on products where reliability and speed directly affect customer security outcomes.

What You Will Do

Design and build backend services that power search, remediation, and quarantine workflows across multi-tenant enterprise email environments
Work with the Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, and Product Manager to scope, develop, and deliver features end-to-end
Own the reliability of the systems you build, including unit tests, integration testing, and production observability
Participate in on-call rotations and provide technical support to troubleshoot and resolve customer issues
Contribute to API design for customer-facing REST endpoints used by security operations teams
Communicate effectively in an async-first environment, provide updates, surface blockers, and propose solutions without prompting
Leverage AI development tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows, and deliver reliable production outcomes
Mentor junior engineers and raise the engineering bar through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Must Haves

BS degree in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Information Systems, or a related engineering field
3+ years of industry experience in backend development and distributed systems
Experience building features and components from scratch and operating them in production, balancing feature work with operational reliability
Experience working with distributed teams, proficient in asynchronous and written communication
Experience improving service reliability, resiliency, and observability in production systems
Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, and system design

Nice to Have

Experience with our stack: Python, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Django
Experience with search systems, remediation workflows, or operational tooling used by SOC teams
Experience with SIEM/SOAR integrations or platform APIs
Exposure to email security, email authentication standards (DMARC, DKIM), or cybersecurity products

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AI and our hiring process
Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and identify areas for the interviewer to explore. They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person.

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