Senior Software Engineer
Skyflow is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Skyflow.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- This is listed as a remote role.
- The posting mentions Go, Java and C among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Skyflow has 10 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Develop scalable backend infrastructure and privacy APIs for a data control platform securing AI and data workflows.
Skyflow secures the flow of data across datastores, models, and agents. Enterprises turn to Skyflow as their runtime AI data control layer to protect sensitive data, enable safe AI deployment, and unlock full value from their applications, data platforms, and AI systems.
Skyflow is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, and leading SaaS companies in financial services, healthcare, retail, travel and hospitality.
Skyflow is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and was founded in 2019. For more information, visit www.skyflow.com or follow on X and LinkedIn.
About the role:
As a Backend Software Engineer you will be responsible for developing a state-of-the-art SaaS solution that enables enterprises to govern and protect their sensitive data. You will contribute to performance engineering efforts and ensure low-latency and high-throughput transactions at scale. You will participate and be responsible for enforcing best practices in software quality, security, testing and documentation.
We know great software engineers come from diverse backgrounds so no single individual may have all the desired skills on day one. But if you are the kind of software engineer who would have loved to engineer solutions for Stripe or Twilio API's, or the Slack or Zendesk app, or the Snowflake or MongoDB platform - we want to talk to you.
You have:
5+ years of experience into Software development.
Proficient in one or more programming languages like Go (preferred), Java, C, C++, Python
Experience in performance engineering: developing high-throughput, low-latency systems
Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, scalability, and distributed systems
Privacy, authorization/authentication engineering is a huge plus
Experience with continuous integration, writing testable code, and test-driven development
Proven track record of delivering cloud-native distributed SaaS platforms at scale, and with a meaningful adoption
Traits such as being a fast learner, adaptable to changing landscape and most importantly a strong believer in being hands-on
You will:
Responsible for designing and developing Privacy APIs and backend infrastructure to support large-scale data and privacy workflows
Contribute to performance engineering efforts and ensure low-latency and high-throughput transactions at scale
Participate in building and implementing effective test strategies and developing software with high-agility and zero downtime
Collaborate with security and privacy engineers to deliver state-of-the-art privacy solutions
Benefits:
Work from home expense
Excellent Health Insurance Options
Very generous PTO
Flexible Hours
Generous Equity
At Skyflow, we believe that diverse teams are the strongest teams. We invite applicants of all genders, races, ethnicities, nationalities, ages, religions, sexual orientations, disability statuses, educational experiences, family situations, and socio-economic backgrounds.
How we rate this
Senior Software Engineer at Skyflow rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- $168k
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- Tell me about a project where backend development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where performance engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where api development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cloud native was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Backend Development, Performance Engineering, Distributed Systems, API Development, and Cloud Native. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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