Backend Engineer at Fable Security

About the role

What will you do at Fable Security?

What we're looking for: We need someone with 3+ years of experience developing backend software who has designed, implemented, and owned production-facing services. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment and have a track record of building reliable, scalable systems. Bonus points if you have experience with data pipelines, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.

What you'll do: Design, implement, and own production-facing backend services that power our human risk platform Take ownership of backend systems and drive reliability, scalability, and maintainability Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate customer requirements into durable platform designs Build and integrate with external APIs, relational DB backends, ETL/data pipelines, or distributed systems Contribute to cloud infrastructure using AWS, Terraform, and EKS Make thoughtful technical tradeoffs and build systems that anticipate evolving needs as the company scales

Which skills does this role require?

KafkaSparkAirflowDjangoPythonKubernetesPostgreSQL

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