Senior Software Engineer, Scanning Engine, Any location, United States

Coalition

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Coalition is a cyber insurance and security company that combines comprehensive cyber insurance coverage with active risk management tools to help organizations prevent and respond to cyber incidents. Industry: Cyber Insurance & Risk Management

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Scanning Engine, Any location, United States

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As a Senior Software Engineer on Coalition’s Scanning Engine & Data Collection team, you will lead the design and implementation of large-scale cloud services that continuously scan the internet and customer environments to collect security data. Your daily tasks include designing high-quality Python and Go services for scanning workflows, improving system performance and reliability, and collaborating with security, product, and data teams to evolve the architecture. You’ll also mentor engineers across a distributed team while ensuring technical excellence through rigorous code reviews and documentation. This role requires strong experience in backend systems design, proficiency in cloud-native environments, and hands-on expertise in building scanning or detection engines. Ideal candidates will have cyber security domain knowledge and thrive in a fast-paced environment where quality and security are paramount.

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Python Go Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Terraform GitLab GitHub Jenkins Ansible Chef Puppet JSON YAML REST GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end systems design for key scanning engine components.
  • Design and implement high-quality services in Python and Go for scanning workflows.
  • Improve performance, scalability, and reliability of the scanning engine.
  • Translate detection and scanning requirements into robust production-ready systems.
  • Mentor other engineers through design feedback and knowledge sharing on systems.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues related to scanning accuracy and stability.
  • Contribute to architecture and roadmap decisions for the scanning platform.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer in backend or systems-level services.
  • Proficiency in Python and/or Go, with capability to work across both languages.
  • Expertise in designing distributed or high-availability services focusing on scalability, reliability, and observability.
  • Hands-on experience building scanning, detection, or similar engine-like systems.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and performance optimization.
  • Experience working in a cloud-native environment with microservices, containers, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging.

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