Software Engineer (Backend), Core Services

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Salary

$125K-$177K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

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Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Work mode

Remote From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

0 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Company

Company stage

Growth-stage From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

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About this role

Software Engineer (Backend), Core Services Remote (US/Canada) 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 remote within the United States or Canada. Role Summary: We're hiring a backend Software Engineer II to join our Core Services team. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the critical infrastructure behind authentication, authorization, analytics, and user/account management across our platform. You will contribute to secure, scalable systems that power core business capabilities by turning clear requirements into high-quality software, collaborating with product and engineering stakeholders as you deepen expertise in our stack and domain. What You'll Do: - Implement and extend services that deliver new core platform functionality. - Support authentication, authorization, and analytics capabilities alongside the team. - Build, test, deploy, and monitor a distributed set of services. - Partner with product, design, and other engineering teams to ship features end-to-end. - Help evolve the Censys public API as platform capabilities grow. - Improve developer experience for internal teams and external API consumers. - Own small-to-medium features from technical design through launch, with increasing independence; participate in design discussions with guidance from senior engineers. - Share on-call

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