Software Engineer 2

About the Role

Abnormal AI is looking for a backend software engineer to work on customer-facing products that enable SOC teams to search across cloud email tenants, investigate threats, and perform remediation at scale. You'll work on systems that directly power how security teams find and act on malicious messages inside the Abnormal platform. We use AI-augmented development practices across our engineering org, and expect engineers to leverage modern AI tools to build faster and ship high-quality software with more leverage. The ideal candidate has backend and distributed systems experience, takes ownership of what they ship, and wants to work on products where reliability and speed directly affect customer security outcomes.

What You Will Do

• Design and build backend services that power search, remediation, and quarantine workflows across multi-tenant enterprise email environments

• Work with the Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, and Product Manager to scope, develop, and deliver features end-to-end

• Own the reliability of the systems you build, including unit tests, integration testing, and production observability

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide technical support to troubleshoot and resolve customer issues

• Contribute to API design for customer-facing REST endpoints used by security operations teams

• Communicate effectively in an async-first environment, provide updates, surface blockers, and propose solutions without prompting

• Leverage AI development tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows, and deliver reliable production outcomes

• Mentor junior engineers and raise the engineering bar through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Must Haves

• BS degree in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Information Systems, or a related engineering field

• 3+ years of industry experience in backend development and distributed systems

• Experience building features and components from scratch and operating them in production, balancing feature work with operational reliability

• Experience working with distributed teams, proficient in asynchronous and written communication

• Experience improving service reliability, resiliency, and observability in production systems

• Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, and system design

Nice to Have

• Experience with our stack: Python, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Django

• Experience with search systems, remediation workflows, or operational tooling used by SOC teams

• Experience with SIEM/SOAR integrations or platform APIs

• Exposure to email security, email authentication standards (DMARC, DKIM), or cybersecurity products

A note on AI in our process: 

Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and areas for the interviewer to explore. They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person. Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards.

Abnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

About Abnormal

Abnormal protects the humans behind the world's most critical organizations from AI-powered cybercrime. 4,500+ enterprises trust our behavioral AI platform.

Imposter Alert

Please be aware of individuals fraudulently posing as Abnormal recruiters. All official recruiting communication comes from an @abnormal.ai email address, and we will never request payment or sensitive financial information during the hiring process. If something feels off, verify the role on this careers site before responding.

AI in Our Hiring Process

Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and identify areas for the interviewer to explore. They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person.

Export Compliance Notice:

This position involves access to technology that is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As a result, candidates offered employment must be eligible to access controlled technology under U.S. export control laws. Employment in this position is conditioned on the availability of government authorization.

The Company may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, as Company deems appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions.

As part of Abnormal AI's secure hiring practices, we conduct video interviews and validate applicant identity at various stages through our recruitment process. Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards.