Software Engineer II – Critical Email Products

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Backend engineer building scalable event-driven services for Abnormal, an AI-native cybersecurity company protecting enterprises from advanced email attacks. Driving feature parity for legacy email gateway replacement.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain backend services powering CEP's product surface
  • Design and evolve event-driven pipelines, including Kafka consumers and Airflow DAGs, processing email traffic reliably at enterprise scale
  • Work across a multi-tenant, multi-cloud deployment footprint serving M365 and Google Workspace customers and FedRAMP environments
  • Leverage AI-augmented development tools to explore solutions, refine outputs, and deliver reliable production outcomes faster
  • Collaborate with product and cross-functional partners to iterate quickly on features that move customers from legacy SEGs to Abnormal
  • Contribute to service reliability, observability, and operational quality as the team scales its product surface

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of professional experience in software development
  • Backend development experience with Python or Golang
  • Experience building scalable, enterprise-grade applications
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Knowledge of containerization with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, and performance optimization
  • Experience with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude
  • Experience with event-driven systems such as Kafka, SQS, or similar message queue / stream processing patterns
  • Familiarity with email delivery pipelines, email authentication standards (DMARC, DKIM, SPF), or email security products
  • Exposure to multi-tenant SaaS architectures or enterprise integrations (M365, Google Workspace APIs)
  • Experience improving service reliability, observability, and operational tooling in production systems
  • Prior work in cybersecurity, email security, or compliance-adjacent domains

Benefits:

  • AI-assisted recruiting tools are used to prepare for candidate interviews; they do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically
  • Conditional offers are subject to successfully completed pre-employment checks
  • Equal opportunity employer