Senior Software Engineer | Backend

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

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

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.

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Seed Verified - from the job posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Senior Software Engineer | Backend San Francisco | OnSite ABOUT FORMAL Formal is data security platform designed to help teams understand and control their data on autopilot. We're building a modern protocol-aware reverse-proxy for datastores and APIs that helps organizations understand their data in real-time. This allows teams to see how sensitive data is stored, consumed, and used in order to enforce least privilege through masking, filtering, or anonymization policies. We are trusted by leading companies such as Ramp http://Ramp.com, Gusto http://Gusto.com, Notion http://Notion.com to solve problems across data security and compliance, data quality management, and infrastructure access. Formal is backed by top-tiers VCs including Thrive Capital and Y Combinator with angel investors that include executives and founders from Datadog, Clickhouse, Plaid, and Vanta. ABOUT THE ROLE Formal is on a mission to build the best engineering team and we're looking for people who want to make outsized impact on shaping the product and building the company. Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of building scalable backend systems, a strong sense of ownership, and enjoys owning projects from inception to scaling it in production. Our tech stack currently involves Golang, Rust, Temporal, Datastore protocols (Postgres, S3, Kafka, MySQL, Snowflake, Redshift, SSH), and AWS WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and develop a high performance data platform that can handle large volumes of data in real-time - Build new product features from start to finish through to research, implementation, and maintenance - Help improve performance and reliability of net new and

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