Valarian Technologies is a dual-use technology company building critical tools to safeguard the future in an era of evolving global security challenges. We're rethinking security beyond traditional military domains, addressing asymmetric threats that impact our technological advantage, economic strength, and democratic institutions. We build Acra – the platform foundation for everything we do as a dual-use technology company. The platform’s name, rooted in the Greek word for citadel (or, fortress), reflects the design and purpose of our infrastructure-agnostic secure enclaves: protecting critical data. Some of the government and commercial workflows include: increased operational resiliency for mission-critical systems and functions; enabling organizations to more quickly and widely adopt emerging technologies while ensuring the integrity of their intellectual property; information flow during disaster response scenarios, and zero-trust / least-privilege environments for M&A, attorney-client privileged communications, etc. And we’ve only scratched the surface. At our core, we're driven by a shared mission and a belief in making a tangible impact on our world. Whether you join our London HQ or the wider global organisation, you’ll be a part of collaborative, high-performing teams, creating cutting-edge software, platforms, and infrastructure. The Role Our Product Development organization is made up of small teams of engineers who work collaboratively to build cross functional capabilities, streamline user workflows and continuously improve our software's efficiency and reliability. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Backend Engineer to join our growing team. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining a wide range of platform and application-level services for end users across myriad sectors. Required skills/expertise:

• Strong command of Go
• Experience with building services on top of Kubernetes
• Experience with building services on at least two major cloud providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with on-premise production deployments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong coding skills with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages, such as Go, Python, Rust, Java, or similar languages
• 5+ years’ experience building highly scalable distributed systems and services
• Experience building applications in a service-oriented architecture
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity grants
• Employer pension contributions; UK roles include enhanced employer pension contributions; US roles include 401(k) retirement savings plan – traditional and Roth
• Platinum healthcare benefit; For US roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans at little to no cost to you; For UK roles, Valarian will cover the full cost of the Private Medical Insurance (PMI) premium
• Basic Life / AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Valarian
• Hybrid work arrangements are managed at team level
• Generous holiday calendar and PTO
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)