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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** CYLAKE, INC.
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $250,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Databases, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Rust (Programming Language), Policy as Code, Backend, Storage Technologies, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Golang
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_1a78ec06ac626b1cd5a1989816a49552

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
 * Strong proficiency in a subset of modern backend programming languages (Go, Python, Node.js, Rust, etc.)
 * Deep understanding of database technologies, their performance characteristics, and use cases
 * Proven experience designing, building, and securing modern RESTful or gRPC-based APIs for highly available systems
 * Experience with Policy Engines and policy-as-code frameworks
 * Strong understanding of security and secret storage technologies

 * Strong communication and documentation skills

 * Frontend experience is a plus
 * Experience with modern cloud providers and DevOps experience is a plus
 * IoT and Embedded system experience is a nice-to-have

## Description

You will be responsible for designing and building the management layer for a distributed embedded system. This includes designing the policy structure, configuration storage and reliability, secret management, and engines that enable these capabilities. This will allow you to build a performant and robust system from the ground up, having a direct impact on the success of the product line.