Member of Technical Staff, Endor Labs
Backend Engineer
Dependency lifecycle management
Open for applications
Dependency lifecycle management
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To deliver the impossible - create secure software supply chains that actually make developers more productive, rather than drowning in useless alerts.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in engineering, with 6–8 years of experience building scalable backends for product/SaaS companies
- At least 3 years of experience in Golang programming, with a focus on microservices and distributed architecture
- Practical experience designing APIs with one or more frameworks (gRPC [preferred], REST, GraphQL, Thrift, etc.)
- Affinity with modern AI platforms (OpenAI, Google Gemini, LangChain, etc.)
- Ability to build and design technical solutions from scratch, with code and documentation that exemplify best practices at Endor
- Scalable distributed systems experience—understanding microservices, domain-driven design, load balancing, horizontal/vertical scaling, and stateless architectures
- Strong architectural knowledge, with a keen eye for scalable and extensible systems. Able to apply data-driven techniques to evaluate and recommend architectural choices
- Ability to discuss trade-offs between architectural decisions and influence teams toward the right direction
- Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements
- Creative and independent problem-solving skills, especially in uncharted or ambiguous contexts
- Practical experience troubleshooting distributed systems and identifying root causes
What the job involves
- Work closely with the R&D team to help integrate novel solutions and scale them to production
- Design and implement AI-first platforms
- Have the autonomy and responsibility to design and implement high-quality features used by customers
- Lead and contribute to large-scale technical projects, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
- Design, architect, and build features end-to-end—including unit and integration tests—while working closely with Product Management and our distributed engineering team
Our take
Endor Labs is a startup specializing in software supply chain security, with a Dependency Lifecycle Management platform designed to bolster the security of open-source software. Its unique approach to identifying critical vulnerabilities and leading indicators of risk within open-source software components aids developers and solution builders in safeguarding against software chain attacks.
Leveraging advanced graph analysis, its innovative DLM platform not only detects vulnerabilities but also identifies the depth of dependencies within applications. A notable feature is DroidGPT, an AI tool integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT to simplify the identification of secure versions of open-source packages.
With a successful Series A funding round under its belt, Endor Labs is poised for growth. This influx of capital will fuel the expansion of its workforce and bolster its technical capabilities and market outreach. As cyber security concerns oom large, Endor Labs remains steadfast in its mission to meet the escalating demand for secure software development. In doing so, it promises to leave a lasting imprint on the industry through its innovative approaches and solutions.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2025
$93m
SERIES B
Aug 2023
$70m
SERIES A
Total funding: $188m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- 401(k) plan to help you invest in your future
- Flexible PTO to support work-life balance
- Opportunities for co-working and team meetups to foster collaboration
- A dog-friendly office environment for our pet-loving team members
- Remote work with flexible co-working and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
Company HQ
Downtown North, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Varun Badhwar
(CEO)Graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS in Computer Science. Founder and former CEO of RedLock (acquired by Palo Alto Networks). Also co-founded CipherCloud where they served as the VP of Products & Field Operations.
Dimitri Stiliadis
(CTO)Graduated from the University of California with a PhD in Computer Engineering. Founder and former CTO of Aporeto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks). Also co-founded Nuage Networks where they served as the CTO.
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