Backend Software Engineer - Python, Threat Intelligence

Gambit Technologies — United States · Posted ~3 hours ago

Mid Full-time Hybrid

Skills

Python REST APIs relational databases NoSQL databases database schema design middleware IAM automated testing performance tuning REST SQL NoSQL APIs

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A backend engineer is sought to modernize security-focused systems that collect, store, and correlate threat data at enterprise scale. You will design database schemas, build REST APIs and middleware, develop an identity-aware client library, improve service architecture, and own automated testing and performance tuning.

Highlights

Deep backend engineering work focused on security infrastructure, data systems, APIs, and performance. The role provides ownership of important engineering initiatives, exposure to enterprise-scale systems, and collaboration with multiple security teams.

Description

Backend Software Engineer (Python) — Threat Intelligence & Security Platform New York, NY (Hybrid) Want your Python to protect one of the world's most critical financial platforms? A leading global financial-technology firm is hiring a backend engineer for its Threat Intelligence & Forensics team to modernize the systems that store, source, and correlate threat data across the enterprise. This is deep backend work — schema design, clean API interfaces, a company-wide IAM rollout, and a new client library that becomes the drop-in standard for security teams across the organization. What you'll do Design database schemas and migrate to internally managed relational storesBuild and evolve REST APIs and middlewareRefactor services to consume clean APIs and shed direct DB couplingShip a new IAM-aware client library used across multiple security teamsOwn testing (unit → e2e) and performance tuning under load What you bring Strong Python (the core requirement)REST APIs, relational + NoSQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)Linux + distributed systems, CI/CD, debugging, performance optimizationBonus: Redis, Solr/OpenSearch