Backend Engineer
Cybereason
| Company | Cybereason |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Tokyo |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
Backend engineer - Indigo Platform
LevelBlue/Cybereason · Tokyo, Japan MUST BE LOCATED IN JAPAN
At Level Blue/Cybereason , we are developing Indigo , our next-generation platform designed for high-throughput ingestion, processing, and real-time analysis of EDR, XDR, and MDR telemetry. The system is architected to handle millions of concurrent security events per second, requiring high-concurrency backend services written primarily in Rust , deployed across low-latency distributed infrastructure.
We are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer with a strong backend focus to own core components of the Indigo platform, optimizing for data integrity, low latency, and system reliability at scale.
Key Responsibilities
System Architecture & Development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and supporting front-end interfaces for the Indigo platform.
Data Ingestion & Processing: Build and optimize high-throughput data pipelines capable of ingesting and parsing large volumes of real-time security logs and metrics.
Performance Optimization: Continuously profile, benchmark, and optimize distributed services to maintain minimal processing latency under heavy workloads.
API & Integration Engineering: Design and implement resilient, secure APIs to interface with various enterprise IT and cybersecurity tools.
Security & Compliance: Ensure all platform components adhere to strict security standards, incorporating robust encryption, token-based authentication (OAuth 2.0), and data protection protocols.
Technical Qualifications
Required Experience
Professional Experience: 5+ years of full-stack or backend-heavy development experience building distributed, high-throughput systems.
Core Languages: Strong proficiency i n Rust is re quired. Familiarity with Go, Java, or C++ is highly valued.
Data Pipelines & Streaming: Hands-on experience wit h Apache Kafka, the ELK stack, and distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Flink, Spark, Redis).
Infrastructure & Cloud: Proven experience with cloud-native environments, microservices architectures, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Databases: Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including optimization for high-write, data-heavy environments.
Observability: Familiarity with telemetry routing and monitoring tools like Datadog and Vector.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with SIEM systems or the application of machine learning within data streams.
Experience with time-series databases, data warehousing solutions, and GraphQL.
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and modern DevOps/SRE practices.
#LI-Remote More About Cybereason:
Our culture and how we operate reflects in our shared values. Our #Defenders are individuals with diverse skill sets and backgrounds who are driven to innovate and scale with our growing organization. We are a team that strives to learn from each other, solve challenging problems, and work collaboratively toward our goal of reversing the adversary advantage.
Core Values:
Win As One: The power of an individual is less than the power of a team.
Ever Evolving: Change keeps us at the forefront, so we encourage it.
Daring: To achieve the impossible, we must dare to be different.
Obsessed with Customers: We believe gaining our customers’ trust is the most important part of what we do.
Never Give Up: We are tenacious and resilient, and we never stop.
UbU: We believe people can only unloc