Highlights - High-growth: Over the past six years, we’ve consistently achieved milestones that take other companies a decade or more. During this time, we’ve significantly grown our employee base, expanded our customer reach, and rapidly advanced our product capabilities.
- Disruptive innovation: Our founders saw that traditional security didn’t work for the cloud so they set out to carve a new path. We’re relentless pioneers who invented agentless technology and continue to be the most comprehensive and innovative cloud security company.
- Well-capitalized: With a valuation of $1.8 billion, Orca is a cybersecurity unicorn dominating the cloud security space. We’re backed by an impressive team of investors such as Capital G, ICONIQ, GGV, and SVCI, a syndicate of CISOs who invest their own money after conducting their due diligence.
- Respectful and transparent culture: Our executives pride themselves on being accessible to everyone and believe in sharing knowledge with the employees. Each employee has a place in shaping the future of our industry.
About the role You’ll contribute to a high-impact codebase that scans, analyzes, and interprets complex Kubernetes configurations and behaviors at scale. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Orca’s KSPM product – owning core backend components, driving architectural improvements, and delivering features that address real-world customer needs.
: Python, Go, K8s APIs, SingleStore, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, AWS, GCP, Azure, ElasticSearch
On a typical day you’ll - Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services for onboarding, scanning, and analyzing Kubernetes environments
- Collaborate with security researchers and product managers to translate complex requirements into impactful product features
- Write clean, efficient, and testable code, ensuring high performance and reliability
- Participate in design and code reviews to uphold technical excellence and team standards
- Lead features end-to-end – from design and planning to deployment and monitoring
- Improve system observability, performance, and resilience in production environments
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to continuously enhance product capabilities and customer value
- Stay current with developments in the Kubernetes ecosystem and cloud security landscape
About you - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Hands on experience with Python or Go – Must
- Proven experience with microservices architecture and cloud-native systems
- Solid foundation in software design principles, concurrency, memory management, data structures, and algorithms
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset
Bonus points for - Experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and managed Kubernetes solutions (EKS, GKE, AKS)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes internals and container technologies
- Background in cybersecurity, especially in cloud security domains