Software Engineer (Backend), Core Services
Censys
| Company | Censys |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Ann Arbor |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 8 May 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
Company Background
Censys’ mission is to be the one place to understand everything on the internet. Frustrated by the lack of trustworthy Internet intelligence, we set out to create the industry’s most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the Internet. Today, Censys delivers real-time Internet intelligence and actionable threat insights to global governments, over 50% of the Fortune 500, and leading threat intelligence providers worldwide. Location:
This position is 100% remote within the United States or Canada.
Role Summary
We're hiring a Software Engineer II to join the Core Services team, which is the platform team that authentication, authorization, identity, and account management across Censys are built on. In this role you'll work alongside experienced engineers to extend our RBAC controls, build new capabilities like group management, build event pipelines, and help evolve the public Censys API. We're looking for an engineer with solid Go fundamentals and, above all, the drive and ownership instinct to see work through from design to production.
What You'll Do
Extend and improve our role-based access control systems, building fine-grained permission models that meet the needs of enterprise customers
Design and build new platform features including group management and expanded functionality to our existing enterprise authentication mechanisms (SAML / SCIM)
Implement clean, well-tested microservices with clear APIs and proper error handling
Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to clarify requirements, drive technical decisions on features you own, and ship on a regular cadence
Share on-call responsibilities for the services the team owns and handle straightforward incidents with the team supporting
Contribute to the developer experience for both internal teams and external API consumers as platform capabilities grow
What You'll Bring
2-4 years of software engineering experience
Solid Go (Golang) implementation skills — clean code, idiomatic error handling, effective use of the standard library
Experience building and shipping backend services in a cloud environment (GCP or AWS)
A track record of delivering feature work at high quality and seeing it through to production
Strong ownership instinct and drive, to identify what needs to be done, ask the right questions early, and follow through
Clear communication and the ability to collaborate effectively with product and engineering stakeholders
What Sets You Apart
Familiarity with identity concepts: SSO, SAML, OIDC, or SCIM
Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
Comfort in a distributed systems context
Experience working on systems where correctness and security properties matter
For high cost of living areas (San Francisco Bay, New York City, and Seattle), the expected salary range for this position is $143,000 USD - $177,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.
For all other US locations, the expected salary range for this position is $125,000 USD - $165,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 83% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Censys offers a competitive benefits package to employees, including equity, health, dental & vision coverage, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, flexibl
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