Backend Developer, Research Group (B2B contract)
About The Position
About the Position
Ox Security is the pioneer of Active ASPM, purpose-built to secure the modern software supply chain in the age of AI. While traditional tools overwhelm teams with endless alerts, Ox cuts through the noise to identify the critical 5% of risks - those that are truly reachable and exploitable. From GenAI-generated code to cloud runtime, we provide developers and security teams with the visibility and automation needed to ship secure software, faster.
We’re looking for a strong Backend Engineer to join our Security Research group and build the systems that power our open source intelligence and research efforts.
This is a high-impact individual contributor role where you’ll work closely with researchers, turning prototypes, scrapers, and data pipelines into scalable, production-grade systems. You’ll own projects end-to-end - from design through deployment - with a high level of autonomy.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design, build, and maintain systems that collect open source intelligence at scale
- Build and own APIs that enable other teams to consume and leverage this data
- Take research prototypes and turn them into robust, observable production services
- Define and evolve architecture and data pipelines for large-scale data processing
- Work closely with researchers to translate ideas into scalable engineering solutions
- Own projects end-to-end, from scoping and design to deployment and monitoring
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of backend development experience (Python, JavaScript, or similar)
- Hands-on experience with high-scale systems and large datasets
- Proven track record of building and operating production services in a SaaS environment
- Strong ability to work independently and drive projects end-to-end
- Experience designing scalable architectures and data pipelines
- AI-first mindset — comfortable leveraging LLMs and automation tools in your workflow
- Strong problem-solving skills and a builder mindset
Bonus Points for
- Background at a cybersecurity startup
- Malware analysis or reverse engineering experience (obfuscation, encryption, time bombs, sandboxing)
- Web penetration testing
- Active CTF player
- ETL pipeline experience
- Redis, Postgres, Kafka