Software Engineer I - Backend

About this role

Build and improve backend services for Abnormal AI’s shared configuration platform, which supports product settings, feature flags, and tenant configuration. Help make platform capabilities reliable, scalable, and observable while collaborating with product teams and growing toward end-to-end ownership of well-scoped components.

About the company

Abnormal Security uses AI to detect and stop email and collaboration attacks such as phishing and business email compromise. It protects enterprises against social engineering and account takeover.

The team

Config Platform team within the Multi-Product Platform (MPP) division

Stack

What you'll do

• Build and scale backend services, APIs, and data workflows
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, and observability
• Translate product teams’ configuration needs into maintainable software
• Contribute to code reviews, testing, releases, and operational work
• Own well-scoped components end to end as experience grows

What we're looking for

• At least 1 year of software engineering experience and strong coding and problem-solving skills
• Backend development experience with Python or Golang and exposure to cloud-native environments
• Understanding of databases, REST APIs, and a cloud provider such as AWS
• Familiarity with LLMs and AI development tools
• Experience owning a feature or well-defined problem end to end
• Experience working with distributed teams and communicating asynchronously in writing
• Experience building and operating features while balancing development and operational tasks

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AWS services and deployment practices
• Exposure to configuration management, feature flags, or multi-tenant systems

Hiring process

1. AI-powered take-home development challenge: 2–4 hours of work to complete within one week