Backend Engineer

Reflectiz is a fast-growing cybersecurity company specializing in proactive website security. Our unique remote monitoring technology helps organizations reduce security, privacy, and compliance risks-protecting critical digital assets that traditional solutions can’t fully cover. Since our founding in 2019, we’ve built a global customer base that includes Fortune 500 enterprises and leading brands across North America, EMEA, and APAC. With strong year-over-year growth and a financially solid foundation, Reflectiz offers both stability and exciting opportunities for personal and professional development. Our teams in Israel and the United States foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that combines innovation with professionalism-allowing us to consistently deliver exceptional value to our customers. We are looking for a Backend Engineer with strong experience in advanced data engineering, including high-performance data processing, building scalable services, AI/ML pipelines, and deployment in high-availability production environments. The role requires hands-on experience with TypeScript, and the work will have a direct impact on the security of real-world systems at enterprise scale. This is not a typical CRUD backend role. We are solving complex, data-heavy, performance-sensitive engineering challenges. Responsibilities Design and develop scalable, high-availability backend services using Node.js and TypeScript, with a strong emphasis on reliability and production readiness Participate in technical discussions and support delivery lifecycle Work with PostgreSQL and event streaming/messaging systems, handling both structured and unstructured data Maintain CI/CD pipelines and actively contribute to agile processes Optimize and maintain data models (PostgreSQL, MySQL) Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers Requirements 2+ years of hands-on experience building and owning complex backend systems in production Strong backend engineering experience (Node.js/TypeScript - primary, Python - advantage), building high-scale backend services (beyond simple CRUD APIs) Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures, with the ability to write efficient and optimized backend code Deep understanding of scalable, distributed backend architectures, asynchronous and event-driven systems, and performance optimization, including Node.js frameworks Proven experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), deploying cloud-native services, and managing CI/CD pipelines with Docker and Kubernetes Experience designing and optimizing high-volume data processing systems and working with large-scale datasets in production Highly independent and proactive, with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, while being a collaborative team player with a strong sense of ownership for the end-to-end delivery of complex projects Advantage Experience in cybersecurity or security-focused products and environments Experience with microservices architecture, Kubernetes, and SaaS development