Senior Staff Backend Engineer

### About the Role Join a lean, high-caliber core engineering team at a fast-growing AI-first startup in the **physical security and critical event management** space. The platform leverages agentic AI to monitor real-time threat signals — including 911 radio dispatch and social media OSINT — delivering verified, actionable alerts to enterprise security operations teams in seconds. Customers include Fortune 50 retailers, major utilities, and leading autonomous-vehicle companies. The company was founded by public-safety technology veterans, is backed by top-tier seed investors, and has crossed strong early revenue milestones with impressive customer retention. The core engineering team is small and intentional — this is a meaningful, high-ownership role. ### What You'll Do * Own core platform functionality end-to-end, from idea through production and polish * Design and build backend systems that power real-time threat intelligence ingestion, processing, and alerting * Develop and iterate on AI pipelines and agentic workflows * Build user-configured workflow systems that enable security operations teams to act quickly and precisely * Collaborate closely with a small, senior core team to ship features the industry hasn't seen before * Flex across engineering specialties as needed in an early-stage environment ### What We're Looking For ### Required: * Senior or Staff level backend engineering experience * **0→1 ownership experience** — you've taken a large project or product feature from idea to polished delivery, end-to-end * Demonstrated ability to dive into different areas of engineering (flexibility is key on a lean team) * Based in the **United States** ### Nice to Have: * Experience building user-configured workflow or automation systems * Experience building AI pipelines or working with agentic systems * ### Early-stage startup experience * ### Eye for product design and UX ### Compensation & Benefits * **Salary:** $180,000 – $205,000 annually * ### Visa sponsorship available ### Location * **Fully remote** — open to candidates anywhere in the United States Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)