Member of Technical Staff - Platform

Armadin
Palo Alto, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Security-focused engineers with backend platform experience will find this role in a high-ownership, in-office environment at a company building autonomous security systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in building enterprise-grade backend systems and a security or compliance background
    — “5+ years of industry experience building and scaling complex, data-heavy production systems.”
  • Individuals who can translate ambiguous business needs into technical infrastructure and operate with high ownership
    — “Strong technical problem-solving skills and comfort working through ambiguous, fast-changing problems with a high degree of ownership.”
  • Engineers with hands-on experience in identity and access management or platform extensibility
    — “Hands-on experience with at least one of: identity and access management, multi-tenancy, enterprise integrations, or platform extensibility.”

Things to consider

  • In-office presence is mandatory, as the role requires being based in Palo Alto.
    — “In-person in our Palo Alto office.”
  • The role demands high standards in security and compliance for enterprise customers.
    — “Set and uphold a high bar for security, compliance readiness, and operational excellence across the systems you build.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with multi-tenancy and large-scale enterprise systems in your resume and interviews.
    — “Own core platform services end to end: architecture, implementation, deployment, and operation in production.”
  • Emphasize your ability to bridge customer requirements with technical design and execution.
    — “Partner closely with product, security researchers, and customers to turn ambiguous enterprise requirements into shipped, well-designed infrastructure.”
  • Showcase your background in building secure, reliable infrastructure for compliance-sensitive environments.
    — “enterprise customers trust Armadin with their most sensitive workflows and data.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • designs and builds foundational systems
  • owns core platform services
  • ensures platform scalability
  • partners with product and security teams
Typical background
backend developmentplatform engineeringsecurity

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend DevelopmentPlatform ServicesSecurityAPI DesignData Pipelines

Preferred

Ai/llm SystemsEnterprise Saas

Stack & domain

PythonTypeScriptReactC++

About the role

Original posting from Armadin via Ashby

About Us

At Armadin, we're a group of engineers, researchers, and security researchers on a mission to redefine what proactive security can do in the AI era. Cyberattacks are becoming autonomous and relentless and we believe defending against threats before they materialize is one of the most powerful ways to protect the institutions the world depends on.

We're building autonomous proactive security from the ground up, reinforcing the tradecraft of elite security practioners into purpose-built security models and agents that discover risk and remediate it before organizations are breached.

Led by Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant ($5.4B exit to Google), our team brings together researchers and engineers from Google, xAI, Meta, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Waterloo, Berkeley, and MIT to reinvent security for an adversary that never sleeps.

What You’ll Do

  • Design and build the foundational systems that enable Armadin to serve the world’s largest and most demanding enterprises — identity, access management, integration points, and the extensibility customers need to embed Armadin into their existing ecosystems.
  • Own core platform services end to end: architecture, implementation, deployment, and operation in production.
  • Ensure the platform scales across organizations, regions, and use cases while maintaining performance, reliability, and simplicity for customers with complex environments and strict security requirements.
  • Set and uphold a high bar for security, compliance readiness, and operational excellence across the systems you build — enterprise customers trust Armadin with their most sensitive workflows and data.
  • Partner closely with product, security researchers, and customers to turn ambiguous enterprise requirements into shipped, well-designed infrastructure.

What You’ll Bring

  • 5+ years of industry experience building and scaling complex, data-heavy production systems.
  • Deep experience designing and operating end-to-end backend systems — services, APIs, data pipelines, and the infrastructure underneath them.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one of: identity and access management, multi-tenancy, enterprise integrations, or platform extensibility.
  • Strong technical problem-solving skills and comfort working through ambiguous, fast-changing problems with a high degree of ownership.
  • Ability to work directly with customers and translate business needs into technical deliverables.
  • Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Even Better With

  • Experience building or deploying AI/LLM systems in production (experience developing AI agents a plus).
  • Background in security, compliance-sensitive infrastructure, or enterprise SaaS platforms.
  • Experience as a founder, tech lead, or early-stage startup builder with high ownership and urgency.
  • Prior experience with Python, TypeScript, React, and/or C++.

Location

In-person in our Palo Alto office.

Benefits & Perks | FTE

🏥 Full Health, Dental, & Vision Coverage

📈 Meaningful Equity Ownership

🥙 In-Office Meals

✂️ Haircuts at the Office

🎉 Company Sponsored Conferences & Events

💸 401(k), HSA, and FSA Plans

🌴 Flexible PTO

Source: Armadin careers (Ashby)

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