At Apono, we empower organizations to run in the cloud by aligning operations and security around access management. Our platform provides companies with just-in-time and Just-Enough access across their hybrid environments, reducing access risk while improving productivity.

Apono has offices in New York and Tel Aviv and supports dozens of customers across the US and the world, including large Fortune 500 companies and was honored in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management.

What are we looking for?

We're hiring senior backend engineers (6+ years experience) with strong system design skills and real hands-on experience in cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes). Proficiency in Kotlin, Java, or Go is required. You should be comfortable working with REST/gRPC, Kafka, and both SQL & NoSQL databases. Bonus if you’ve worked in startups or built SaaS products using microservices architecture. We value clean code, fast execution, and full end-to-end ownership.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the architecture, design, and implementation of innovative cloud-based services and development infrastructure.
• Address multi-tenancy aspects, high availability, agility, security, and more.
• Participate in Product Decisions and help design Apono’s core product. The challenge is to build an efficient, robust, and bulletproof solution since our infrastructure powers our customers' mission-critical services.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience as a software developer.
• Strong backend fundamentals — ideally in Kotlin/Java/Go/C# (or Python)
• Proven hands-on experience in cloud-native environments: AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong system design skills and ability to lead projects independently.
• Comfortable working with communication protocols: REST/gRPC, Kafka/RabbitMQ, WebSocket.
• Significant Experience with either/both relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) / NoSQL (MongoDB, Elastic).
• Experience with SaaS products.
• Familiarity with microservices/serverless architecture, ecosystem, and tools.

Bonus points:

• Previous startup experience.
• Understanding of multitenancy concepts.
• Background in authorization and authentication processes.
• Background in cybersecurity domain.
• Devops/Infra experience