Skeletons, lasers, tattoo buses — the Torq brand grabs attention like nothing else in cybersecurity. And we're growing like crazy, backed by Series D funding, 200% employee growth, and 300% revenue growth. Fueling Torq's momentum is our game-changing AI SOC platform, backed by a team and culture that makes Torq one of Forbes' Best Startup Employers in America, and a Business Insider 'startup to bet your career on'.
Life at Torq is all gas, no brakes. We're a team of relentless, collaborative go-getters pushing the boundaries of what's possible for security automation. Every role is an essential driver of Torq's success as the AI-native autonomous SecOps platform of choice for security teams across the Fortune 500.
We are looking for an experienced
Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-growing company during a breakthrough stage, as we build our dream team of the most passionate and professional people in the industry. Our team thinks differently and quickly, delivering high-quality and unique code while using the latest technologies and frameworks - all without forgetting to enjoy the ride!
What You’ll Do?
- Take part in all development aspects, from design to production, of a wide hybrid/cloud-native product
- Write high-quality, testable, and efficient code using Python and Go
- Initiate and promote new ideas for continuous improvement of product functionality
- Work closely with other team members, as well as mentoring new team members
What You Should Bring to The Table?
- Excellent communication skills, with a passion for mentoring, leading, and guiding others
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on development experience in production environments and at scale
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience developing in Python
- Experience with Go is a strong advantage
- Significant real-world experience building software for production systems
- Proficiency in working with cloud infrastructure and services
- Exposure and experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, and monitoring technologies
- A creative mindset and collaborative approach
- Ability to solve complex technical challenges in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Strong testing abilities - considering both automated testing and monitoring to improve team efficiency and production reliability
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a team defined and empowered by diversity. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We are waiting for you!
We build AI for a living, and we encourage candidates to use it to prep, research, and sharpen their best work. But we're hiring humans, not chatbots. We want the real you. Use AI to tighten your resume, prep for interviews, research Torq, and outline ideas for written responses. Show up as yourself for live interviews, final assessments (the voice, logic, and reasoning need to be yours), and anywhere we're evaluating how you think — not how you prompt.
Excited about our vision and ready to make an impact as we grow? We'd love to see what you can bring to the team.