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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days Censys's roles stay open a median of 59 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 10% of Censys's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Censys
- high 40 stale, 2 reposted of 40 open
- Hiring momentum
- 50 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Censys's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Censys.
About this role
As a Staff Backend Engineer on the Exposure Management team, you will lead technical direction and oversee the migration of legacy Attack Surface Management functionality to a new platform. Your role will involve building scalable backend services, improving system design practices, and mentoring team members while leveraging AI technologies to enhance development workflows. You will also ensure seamless interoperability between legacy and new systems, driving cross-team alignment and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Censys as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years of experience with Go
- Strong distributed systems background
- Experience with service-oriented architectures and operational stacks (gRPC/REST, microservices, GCP, Kubernetes)
- Ability to navigate and resolve complex legacy systems issues
- Strong communication and technical design skills
Nice to have
- Experience leading product migrations or platform consolidations
- Familiarity with microservice-based designs using GCP PubSub or similar event-driven architectures
- Passion for integrating AI and LLM technologies into engineering workflows
What you get
- Equity
- Health, dental & vision coverage
- Retirement with company contribution
- Parental leave
- Mental health & wellness benefits
- Flexible PTO
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Go and distributed systems
- Role involves significant legacy code work
- Remote position with potential travel for onboarding
Summarised from Censys's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Censys on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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