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Senior Software Engineer, Backend
KandjiUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Apr 2025
About the role
About Kandji
Kandji is the Apple device management and security platform that empowers secure and productive global work. With Kandji, Apple devices transform themselves into enterprise-ready endpoints, with all the right apps, settings, and security systems in place. Through advanced automation and thoughtful experiences, we’re bringing much-needed harmony to the way IT, InfoSec, and Apple device users work today and tomorrow.
Some of the smartest money in tech has partnered with Kandji to realize our vision, including Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, First Round Capital, and Okta Ventures. In July 2024, Kandji raised $100 million in capital from General Catalyst, bringing Kandji’s valuation to $850 Million.
Since Kandji’s Series C in 2021, the company has seen a 600%+ increase in annual recurring revenue, and its customer base has grown nearly 4X across 40+ industries. Notable customers include Allbirds, Canva, and Notion, and the company has partnerships with such industry giants as ServiceNow, AWS, and Okta.
Kandji was also named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup List 2023 and recognized as a top venture-backed startup with the potential to reach unicorn status.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Kandji, you will design and build the core services that power our web application, while maintaining security and scalability. You will work alongside our macOS and Infrastructure engineers to bring world class products to market.
We are looking for a software engineer with experience building large-scale, mission-critical enterprise software in an object-oriented language.
• Competitive salary • 100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage • 401(k) with a 4% company match • 20 days PTO • Kandji Wellness Week the first week in July • Equity for full-time employees • Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents • Paid Family and Medical Leave • Modern Health - Mental Health Benefits - Individual and Dependents • Fertility Benefits • Working Advantage Employee Discounts • Free onsite fitness center • Free parking • Lunch 5 days/week • Exciting opportunities for career growth • An outstanding, inclusive culture
We are excited to be serving a significant need for a fast-growing market, and are proud of the high-performing team we have brought together so far. If you’re someone who wants to engage in new, exciting projects that will challenge your skills in the best way possible, we would love to connect with you.
At Kandji we believe in fostering an inclusive environment in which employ
Kandji is the Apple device management and security platform that empowers secure and productive global work. With Kandji, Apple devices transform themselves into enterprise-ready endpoints, with all the right apps, settings, and security systems in place. Through advanced automation and thoughtful experiences, we’re bringing much-needed harmony to the way IT, InfoSec, and Apple device users work today and tomorrow.
Some of the smartest money in tech has partnered with Kandji to realize our vision, including Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, First Round Capital, and Okta Ventures. In July 2024, Kandji raised $100 million in capital from General Catalyst, bringing Kandji’s valuation to $850 Million.
Since Kandji’s Series C in 2021, the company has seen a 600%+ increase in annual recurring revenue, and its customer base has grown nearly 4X across 40+ industries. Notable customers include Allbirds, Canva, and Notion, and the company has partnerships with such industry giants as ServiceNow, AWS, and Okta.
Kandji was also named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup List 2023 and recognized as a top venture-backed startup with the potential to reach unicorn status.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Kandji, you will design and build the core services that power our web application, while maintaining security and scalability. You will work alongside our macOS and Infrastructure engineers to bring world class products to market.
We are looking for a software engineer with experience building large-scale, mission-critical enterprise software in an object-oriented language.
How You'll Make a Difference Day to Day:
- Participate in scrum meetings, develop in an agile environment
- Contribute well-written and well-documented code to further drive us to our goal of a super clean code base
- Contribute to features end-to-end by developing backend services and/or frontend components
- Work with an extraordinary cross-functional team to deliver beautiful UIs to our users
- Develop intuitive, robust, and scalable software designed for high-volume use
- Triage issues and implement appropriate fixes
- Become an authority on the application
- Drive consistency through collaboration with product design and the development of component design system standards
We’d love to hear from you if you have
- 5+ years of professional engineering experience
- Exceptional proficiency in Python or Java
- Experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
- Authoritative understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Data-driven, analytical, hypothesis/validation mindset
- Ability to identify problems/opportunities, break them down into critical parts, and design solution options
- Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience with CI/CD platforms in writing and maintaining pipelines
- Experience with RESTful API and/or gRPC
- Experience with microservice architecture
- Experience with unit and integration testing
- Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ or SQS)
- Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS
- Fluency with SQL and experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL
- Experience with code reviews, offering and receiving constructive feedback to maintain and elevate coding standards
- Required to work on-site 5x a week in our Miami office (Coral Gables).
Nice to haves, but NOT required
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Experience with Unix platform and scripting
- Data-driven, analytical, hypothesis/validation mindset
• Competitive salary • 100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage • 401(k) with a 4% company match • 20 days PTO • Kandji Wellness Week the first week in July • Equity for full-time employees • Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents • Paid Family and Medical Leave • Modern Health - Mental Health Benefits - Individual and Dependents • Fertility Benefits • Working Advantage Employee Discounts • Free onsite fitness center • Free parking • Lunch 5 days/week • Exciting opportunities for career growth • An outstanding, inclusive culture
We are excited to be serving a significant need for a fast-growing market, and are proud of the high-performing team we have brought together so far. If you’re someone who wants to engage in new, exciting projects that will challenge your skills in the best way possible, we would love to connect with you.
At Kandji we believe in fostering an inclusive environment in which employ
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