Veza is the identity security company. Identity and security teams use Veza to secure identity access across SaaS apps, on-prem apps, data systems, and cloud infrastructure. Veza solves the blind spots of traditional identity tools with its unique ability to ingest and organize permissions metadata in the Veza Authorization Graph. Global enterprises like Blackstone, Wynn Resorts, and Expedia trust Veza to visualize access permissions, monitor permissions activity, automate access reviews, and remediate privilege violations. Founded in 2020, Veza is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and is funded by Accel, Bain Capital, Ballistic Ventures, GV, Norwest Venture Partners, and True Ventures. Visit us at veza.com and follow us on LinkedIn , Twitter , and YouTube .
Senior Backend Engineer - Graph
Location
United States
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Job Description
Role Description
We are looking for a passionate Senior Software Engineer to join Veza’s Graph team. You will play a key role in designing, improving, and maintaining the robust and scalable code behind the Veza Access Graph, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to shape the future of our products and deliver exceptional identity and access management experiences to our customers.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of a high-impact startup while working on cutting-edge technologies!
- Develop, maintain and scale Graph features to directly and indirectly support actionable customer intelligence across various products.
- Drive the performance, scalability, and reliability of the backend services and APIs for our platform.
- Collaborate with product managers, other software engineers, and security experts to build product features that meet business objectives and security standards.
- Continuously optimize and improve your work through code and design reviews, testing, and refactoring.
- Implement logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities to ensure visibility and compliance with regulatory requirements and operational health metrics.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies across different fields and leverage them to drive innovation and improve our platform.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience (minimum 5+ years) in professional backend software development with a focus on data modeling, data management, identity, security, or related areas.
- A history with the development of databases, storage layers, query engines or adjacent tooling.
- Experience with complex relational data models in OLAP systems and/or graph database systems such as Neo4j.
- Deep knowledge of relational algebra and graph algorithms.
- A familiarity with caching mechanisms and distributed systems.
- A proven ability to develop and test code in one or more modern backend programming languages such as Golang or Kotlin.
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs in microservice architectures.
- Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.
Requirements
- An excellent problem-solver with high attention to detail.
- Someone who can work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- A strong communicator with the ability to relate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A mentor who helps others become the best versions of themselves.
- A pleasure to work with!
Benefits
- Compensation range: $185,400 - $210,000 USD.
- Equity and a competitive benefits package.
Company Description
Veza is the identity security company. Identity and security teams use Veza to secure identity access across SaaS apps, on-prem apps, data systems, and cloud infrastructure. Veza solves the blind spots of traditional identity tools with its unique ability to ingest and organize permissions metadata in the Veza Authorization Graph.
Global enterprises like Blackstone, Wynn Resorts, and Expedia trust Veza to visualize access permissions, monitor permissions activity, automate access reviews, and remediate privilege violations. Founded in 2020, Veza is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and is funded by Accel, Bain Capital, Ballistic Ventures, GV, Norwest Venture Partners, and True Ventures.
Visit us at veza.com and follow us on LinkedIn , Twitter , and YouTube .
Job Requirements
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience (minimum 5+ years) in professional backend software development with a focus on data modeling, data management, identity, security, or related areas.
- A history with the development of databases, storage layers, query engines or adjacent tooling.
- Experience with complex relational data models in OLAP systems and/or graph database systems such as Neo4j.
- Deep knowledge of relational algebra and graph algorithms.
- A familiarity with caching mechanisms and distributed systems.
- A proven ability to develop and test code in one or more modern backend programming languages such as Golang or Kotlin.
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs in microservice architectures.
- Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.
- An excellent problem-solver with high attention to detail.
- Someone who can work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- A strong communicator with the ability to relate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A mentor who helps others become the best versions of themselves.
- A pleasure to work with!
Benefits
- Compensation range: $185,400 - $210,000 USD.
- Equity and a competitive benefits package.
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