Backend Team Leader
Axonius
We're expanding and looking for future Axonians who are passionate about personal and professional growth, thrive in teamwork, and are driven to succeed! Join us on this exciting journey!
About Axonius:
Axonius is revolutionizing how IT and security teams gain comprehensive visibility and control over their digital assets and relationships. As the system of record for digital infrastructure, we solve complex challenges by delivering the critical context required to manage and secure devices, users, software, SaaS applications, and cloud services. By connecting to hundreds of data sources and automating key processes, we empower organizations to close security gaps and prevent incidents.
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What your day will look like:
Lead the Backbone of Scalable, High-Impact Systems,
Are you ready to shape the future of backend engineering at scale? We're looking for a Backend Team Leader who thrives on complexity, innovation, and ownership. This isn’t just another engineering role—it's an opportunity to drive real business impact.
You'll lead a team that powers hundreds of critical integrations, designing and maintaining the robust infrastructure behind them. From day one, you'll operate with a WIN ("Whatever It Needs") mindset and take full end-to-end (E2E) ownership of your domain and customers' commitments with direct communication. We're building systems that must be reliable, high-performance, and built for scale—and your technical leadership will set the direction. You'll break down tough technical challenges, explore smart solutions, and guide your team toward delivering them at production scale.
But it doesn't stop at code. As a people leader, you'll push for engineering excellence, while fostering a strong, mission-driven culture. You'll balance deep technical vision with effective customer communication, ensuring our product not only works—it wins deals and sustains long-term growth.
If you're passionate about building strong teams, solving real-world problems, and owning outcomes—this is your seat at the table.
The team is part of Asset Group, which manages over 1,200 integrations at Axonius, enabling us to maintain a strong competitive advantage in the market. Our team develops and maintains highly scalable infrastructures, ensuring seamless data normalization and processing, which is crucial for building efficient systems and delivering valuable insights.
Apply if you have:
- Advanced English Language Skills
- At least 5 years as a Backend Engineer (1+ years in Python)
- At least 3 years of experience as a team leader, combining both people management and technical leadership responsibilities.
- High Problem-solving skills
- Experience with Linux (basics)
- Enjoy working closely with customers
It will be considered a plus:
- API knowledge (SQL, REST, SOAP)
- Experience with technology such as Celery, Redis, Docker, MongoDB, and Cloud environments
- Experience with other operating systems
- Experience working with global teams and customers worldwide.
What we offer
🤸♂️Flexibility on your work location - We have offices in New York, Tel Aviv, Austin, São Paulo, and Washington, and DC. In Brazil, we meet at the office twice a month to exchange knowledge.
💵Competitive compensation. The position is CLT, and we offer competitive salaries + stock options.
🎁Great Benefits:100% coverage of Health Plan (Sulamerica Executivo), Dental (Odonto Prev), and Life Insurance for the employee + Meal voucher + Growth Bucks
👱🏻♀️👩🏻🦰👩🏻👧🏽👧🏾Great people. Our global teams are not composed just of great professionals; they are great people. We are all here to support each other, ready to help and do what’s best for the entire company.
🧘Work-Life Balance: Additional time off per the company's policy. We are ready to offer you personal days off since your first year at the company!
👥We give back. We have several initiatives of Corporate social responsibility partnerships.
🤗DEI-focused, highly supported Employee Resource Groups (ERG), executive-level diversity and inclusion goals, training, events, and mentorship options.
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A little more about Axonius:
Axonius gives customers the confidence to control complexity by mitigating threats, navigating risk, automating response actions, and informing business-level strategy. With solutions for both cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) and SaaS management, Axonius is deployed in minutes and integrates with hundreds of data sources to provide a comprehensive asset inventory, uncover gaps, and automatically validate and enforce policies. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius covers millions of assets, including devices and cloud assets, user accounts, and SaaS applications, for customers around the world.
Headquartered in New York, New York, Axonius employs over 600 people worldwide. Axonius is named to the 2024 Forbes Cloud 100 and was named to Dun’s Best Start Up Companies to Work for Over 100 Employees. Axonius is recognized with the Great Place to Work Certification™ and for two years in a row, Axonius was ranked Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list. Axonius has been cited as the fastest growing cybersecurity company in history by revenue.
At Axonius we support a diverse and inclusive workplace and believe in equal employment opportunity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.
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