Federal Backend Engineer

Get to Know Us

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company dedicated to the mission of enabling organizations to proactively find, fix and verify exploitable attack vectors before criminals exploit them. Our flagship product, the NodeZeroTM platform, delivers production-safe autonomous pentests and other key assessment operations that scale across the largest internal, external, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. NodeZero has been adopted by organizations of all sizes, from small educational institutions to government agencies and Global 100 enterprises. It is used by IT Ops/SecOps teams, consulting pentesters, and MSSPs and MSPs.

We are a fusion of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators, startup engineers & operators, and formerly frustrated cybersecurity practitioners. We're committed to helping solve our common security problems: ineffective security tools and false positives, resulting in alert fatigue, blind spots, "checkbox” security culture, cybersecurity skills shortage, and the long lead time and expense of hiring outside consultants. Collectively, we are a team of learn-it-alls, committed to a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

What You’ll Do

The Federal - Senior Backend Engineer will be joining one of our world-class software engineering teams, and will be a key contributor to both user-facing product launches as well as platform enhancements and stability. Employee must be eligible for and successfully secure a US Federal Security Clearance as a condition of employment. *This job description covers roles available across multiple teams. During the interview process, we’ll work with you to determine the best team fit based on your experience, interests, and career goals.

Responsibilities:

• Develop core product features in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and GraphQL to support data processing and retrieval.

• Design and implement backend APIs in GraphQL to facilitate data interactions between different components of the product.

• Build and maintain ETL pipelines for efficient data processing and analytics.

• Collaborate with frontend team members to present data in a clear and user-friendly format, enhancing the product's user experience.

What You’ll Bring

• Ability to own and manage concurrent initiatives, demonstrating effective judgment in prioritization and time management.

• Driven, self-managed, capable of conceiving and implementing solutions on your own and with a team

• A strong desire to continuously improve and learn new technologies in a fast-paced Agile development environment

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, effective communication, attention to detail and high-quality work

• Strong technical documentation ability to support the development process.

• Effective communication and collaboration with designers, developers, and product managers.

• Ability and interest in mentoring junior and mid-level engineers to foster their growth and development.

Required Education / Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.

• 7+ yrs professional software engineering experience using modern object-oriented or functional languages (Python, Java, Go, Scala, C++, TypeScript, etc).

• Experience building applications on cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, using container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience building and troubleshooting capabilities in Federally compliant systems such as FedRAMP, IL4/5/6, and other Classified workloads.

• Expert proficiency in SQL.

• Current Top Secret security clearance or eligibility to gain/maintain a Top Secret clearance.

Preferred Education/Experience:

• Experience with various database architectures including relational (PostgreSQL) and graph (Neo4j).

• Experience building GraphQL backends.

• Experience managing and maintaining production infrastructure.

• Experience building platform capabilities for internal teams.

• Experience using AI-enabled development tools

Travel Required

We are a fully remote company with a strong preference for candidates located in the
Baltimore, MD / Washington DC area. This job may require up to 5% of travel to be successful.

• Base salary range: The exact salary will be determined based on the selected candidate’s location, qualifications, experience, and relevant skills.

Perks of Horizon3

• Inclusive Team: We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

• Remote Work: We are a 100% remote company. Enjoy the flexibility to work in the way that supports you and brings out your best.