Backend Software Engineer Belfast, Northern Ireland · Full-time

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Backend Software Engineer
Belfast, Northern Ireland
· Full-time
About The Position
Upwind is a next-generation Cloud Security Platform that leverages runtime context to identify and prioritize critical risks, providing precise insights and efficient cloud security management. Unlike traditional tools, Upwind uses runtime data proactively for risk prioritization and posture insights, ensuring teams focus on what truly matters. With industry-leading efficiency and eBPF-powered sensors, Upwind delivers comprehensive capabilities, including agentless cloud posture discovery, real-time threat protection, and integrated API security. From misconfigurations to malware defense, Upwind ensures end-to-end, cost-effective cloud infrastructure protection. At Upwind, you’ll have the opportunity to think creatively, explore new ideas, and use your skills to make a meaningful impact on our growth.We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our great Backend Engineering team.The team faces complex engineering issues on a daily basis, both solving new challenges and constantly improving the existing solutions. We work with all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and use cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Neo4j, ElasticSearch, Redis, TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ, and more.Responsibilities Responsible for the entire lifecycle of various short-life projects, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring and maintenance in a production environmentPerforming reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java based applicationsContributing to technical and architectural designs, performing capacity planning, defining SLOs and working with other teams to implementConducting design and code reviews as part of a wider engineering groupInterfacing with other teams (e.g. Frontend, DevOps, Product) to deliver best-in-class featuresWe operate on a hybrid working model, with three days per week in our impressive Custom House Square offices (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) and the remaining days working remotely.
Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field1+ years of experience with Backend Engineering in a high-level programming language (e.g. ideally Golang and/or Java)Experience with cloud platforms and products (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure)Experience implementing data-intensive systems (databases, event systems, messaging systems, etc)Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)Experience with microservices based architecture
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