Senior Backend Software Engineer

Methodfi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Greater London is seeking product-focused systems engineers to work on their Teleport platform. You will tackle engineering challenges related to networking, security, and integrations. Ideal candidates will have experience in Go or Rust and a strong background in Linux systems. The role emphasizes collaboration and autonomy, allowing you to make a significant impact in a fast-growing environment with opportunities for professional development and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Extensive health coverage

Annual expense budget

Rest & recovery policies

Retirement savings plans

Equity in a US $1.1-bn business

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Go or Rust programming languages.
• Background in Linux systems engineering.
• Experience with cryptography is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work on networking and performance problems.
• Implement solutions for security and external system integrations.
• Engage in the full product lifecycle from ideation to deployment.

Skills

Go or Rust experience

Linux systems engineering

Cryptography engineering experience

Job description

We help companies stay secure while moving fast.

Built by engineers for engineers, The Teleport Access Platform delivers on-demand, least privileged access to infrastructure based on cryptographic identity and zero trust, with built-in identity security and policy governance, making the happy path for engineers the secure path.

Teleport is trusted by the world’s fastest-moving companies, including Elastic, Snowflake, Doordash, and NASDAQ. We recently raised US$110M at a US$1.1B valuation.

Our Vision

Today's computing environments have too much complexity, too many network boundaries, and too little trust. Complexity slows engineers down and leads to human errors. Complex systems can’t be secure despite the red tape of bureaucracy. We make trusted computing simple. This gives engineers the freedom to move and build a better future.

Why Teleport

At Teleport, we focus on empowering our people to accomplish their goals by working alongside highly talented people to make the most of their careers. You have the freedom, autonomy and trust to do what you’re great at and have a significant impact on the future prospects of the company.

Whether that’s taking a feature or project from ideation to deployment or working with some of the biggest, most interesting companies in the world and solving real challenges for them, we want you to help us build the future.

We’re not a big company. You won’t get lost in a crowd. Instead, we move fast, with a team that wants to make an impact, that shares in our success, and gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to become the very best at what you do.

About Us

Teleport is the Infrastructure Identity Company, modernizing identity, access, and policy for infrastructure, improving engineering velocity and resiliency of critical infrastructure against human factors and/or compromise.

We are a fast-growing, well-funded Y-Combinator company. We value our craft, are strong supporters of work/life balance, and embrace a culture of humility, honesty, and transparency.

About this job

We are looking for product-focused systems engineers to work on Teleport itself.

You will work on problems ranging from networking and performance to security and integrations with external systems.

You will work on the full product lifecycle from working with customers to understand their problems, writing RFDs for your proposed design, implementation, testing, and documentation.

Teleport is an open core project and most of the code you will write will be open source and written in Go (or Rust).

Projects you may work on

• Building backend integrations with cloud provider's managed databases.

• Working on scalability and resiliency of clusters with 10K+ nodes.

• Implementing advanced HTTPS proxy with identity aware access control.

• Building hardened security for Linux and Mac users.

Requirements

• Go or Rust experience

• Linux systems engineering

• Cryptography engineering experience is a plus

Interview Process

• You will join 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the compensation, interview process and requirements

• You join a Slack channel and submit a coding challenge in Go using Github

Benefits

• Extensive health coverage

• Annual expense budget

• Rest & recovery policies that maximize leave and your ability to recharge

• Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

• Equity in a US $1.1-bn business

• Professional development opportunities

Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.

Candidate Privacy Notice: For information about our collection and processing of job applicant personal data for this position, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection at

Do you have what it takes?

Get to use (and know) Teleport through our unique interview process

At Teleport, we do things a bit differently. And when we say we only hire top talent, we actually mean it. Because of this, our interview process is different too - and we’re proud of it. We let your work do the talking. We don’t go in for six rounds of interviews, live whiteboard or live-coding. We don’t hire people that can talk a good game. We only want the best. And for that, we need to see what you can do, in your own time, in your own way. For real.

But interviews are a two-way street. Through the project, you’ll get a real taste of life at Teleport, including:

• We’re flexible - you’ll have plenty of time to complete your project, if life gets in the way, that’s ok. We can - work around you.

• We give you autonomy - you’ll have the space and freedom to figure things out, make decisions, and problem-solve.

• We’re collaborative - Got questions?

• We have answers. You’ll have support from your team - the one you’ll be working with day in day out if you’re successful in getting the role.

• We progress careers - During the project, see how much you learn. That’s what working at Teleport is like. We like learning, on the job. All-the-time.

• We can move fast (if you can) - two weeks sound like a long time? No problem? Early submissions are fine, and we’ll keep the process moving.

Think you’ve got what it takes? We’d love to see it! Unconvinced? We can guarantee three things:

• It’ll challenge you.

• You'll learn a lot.

• If you love the process, you'll love working at Teleport.

Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.

Candidate Privacy Notice: For information about our collection and processing of job applicant personal data for this position, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection at

In addition to the career opportunities at Teleport, we offer a whole range of benefits that help you to maximize your future, including:

• Extensive health coverage

• Annual expense budget

• Rest & recovery policies that maximize leave and your ability to recharge

• Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

• Equity in a US $1.1-bn business

• Professional development opportunities

Do you have what it takes?

Think you’ve got what it takes? We’d love to see it!