Software Engineer

Founded in 2017, Obsidian Security was created to close a critical gap: securing the SaaS applications where modern business happens—platforms like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more. 

Backed by top investors including Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, and IVP, we’ve built a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk, detect and respond to threats, and prevent breaches at the source. Our team includes leaders who helped define the categories of endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black. 

Now, we’re transforming how SaaS is secured—in the era of agentic AI. 

Today, Obsidian is trusted by global enterprises like Snowflake, T-Mobile, and Pure Storage. We protect more than 200 organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand—including many of the world’s largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies.

With strong global momentum, a growing partner ecosystem including SentinelOne, Databricks, and Google Cloud, and a major fundraise on the horizon, we’re scaling quickly toward long-term growth and IPO readiness. Join us as we define the future of SaaS security!

As a Software Engineer at Obsidian, you’ll:

Work across different parts of the product and codebase: backend services, APIs, data pipelines, integrations, product features, and internal tools. This is a good role for someone who likes variety and is comfortable learning a new area without needing everything mapped out in advance.

You might spend one week improving an ingestion service, the next building an API for a customer-facing workflow, and the next helping debug a production issue with another team. The work is practical, product-driven, and close to real customer problems.

What you’ll do

Build and maintain product features across backend services, APIs, data systems, and user-facing workflows

Work with product managers, designers, security researchers, and other engineers to ship useful, reliable software

Contribute to services that process SaaS activity, identity data, permissions, alerts, and security findings

Improve existing systems for performance, reliability, maintainability, and observability

Write clear, well-tested code and participate in code reviews and design discussions

Learn unfamiliar parts of the stack and help where the team needs you most

Use AI-powered development tools thoughtfully while reviewing and validating the output

What’s in It for You

Contribute to a core product used by enterprises worldwide

Work on security problems across SaaS, identity, data, and AI usage

Learn from experienced engineers across the US and UK teams

Build depth in backend engineering while getting exposure to adjacent areas like data pipelines, detection systems, cloud infrastructure, and product engineering

Be part of a fast-moving company where engineers are expected to own real problems

Required Skills & Experience

3+ years of experience in a software engineering role

Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, Go, TypeScript, or SQL

Experience building backend services, APIs, data processing systems, or product features

Familiarity with relational databases such as Postgres

Understanding of software design principles, testing, debugging, and clean code practices

Experience working with Git and participating in code reviews

Comfort working in a collaborative team environment with changing requirements

Curiosity and willingness to learn unfamiliar systems, tools, and problem domains

Desirable Experience

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP

Exposure to containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes

Familiarity with event or streaming systems such as Kafka, Redis, or similar technologies

Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or similar platforms

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling

Interest in security, SaaS platforms, identity, data protection, or detection systems

Experience using AI-powered developer tools in day-to-day engineering work

AI Skills & AI-Native Engineering Expectations

As an AI-forward engineering organization, we expect engineers to use AI tools effectively and understand foundational AI concepts that are increasingly part of modern software development.

AI Engineering Capabilities

Leverage AI tools to improve development speed while critically reviewing AI-generated output

Understand core AI/ML concepts such as LLMs, embeddings, inference, evaluation, and vector databases

Build software that is reliable, observable, secure, and maintainable in AI-assisted development workflows

Show good judgment about where AI tools help, where they do not, and how to validate their output

Employee Benefits

Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support our employees' well-being, both at work and at home.  Our US based employees enjoy:

Competitive compensation with equity and 401k

Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage

Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off 

12 weeks of new parent or family leave

Personal and professional development resources

For more details on our US benefits, or for information on our international benefits, please see here.

Pay Transparancy

Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company.

At Obsidian, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent, passion, and compassion. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization.  If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact accommodations@obsidiansecurity.com

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Base Salary Range
$131,000—$152,000 USD