Software Engineer - Backend

November 15, 2025

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<div>Are you ready to own something big? Automox is turning IT admins into IT heroes by replacing traditional tools with our award winning cloud-native endpoint management platform. Our product works autonomously and so do our teams. We value a 'one team' mentality where everyone's unique skills contribute to an environment that encourages collaboration and ownership. At Automox you're enabled to do your best work, grow your career, and have an impact that will be noticeable. WE ARE A_TOMOX... all that's missing is U! COMPENSATION $90,000 - $140,000 USD + Bonus OVERVIEW You are a curious software developer who is dedicated to your craft and enjoy solving big problems; you write code that you are proud of and can hit the ground running with support from the team. You understand that SaaS software delivery necessitates innovation and speed of execution. You want to be a part of a creative and enterprising team with challenging problems to solve. You pride yourself in owning problems but don't want to work in a vacuum to solve them. Collaborating with the team to come up with the best solution for your customer is what fuels your fire. If this sounds like you take a closer look at what this role entails. AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER YOU'LL <ul><li>Research, design, develop, and own solutions that facilitate communications with 1 million plus Automox agents deployed globally.</li><li>Lead by example by championing software development best practices, and writing well-designed code.</li><li>Extend, enhance, and evolve event driven services to provide new and exciting features in the Automox platform and in our endpoint software.</li><li>Contribute to continual improvement by testing, performance tuning, refactoring, usability improvements, and automation.</li><li>Produce detailed specifications, and contribute in all phases of the engineering lifecycle.</li><li>Operate with a quality-first mindset. Your approach to testing sets you apart from your peers.</li><li>Make data-driven decisions. You understand the impact of your development before it reaches production.</li></ul>ABOUT YOU <ul><li>Programming experience in Golang or Java is required. That being said, the right candidate will leverage their extensive engineering background to be impactful in any language.</li><li>2+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and monitoring applications deployed in a high availability SaaS environment.</li><li>Experience building production applications in cloud environments (AWS or GCP).</li><li>Experience working as a Software Engineer on applications with continuous client connectivity is desired.</li><li>Enjoy scaling microservice architectures and large-scale event ingestion platforms. Have familiarity scaling websockets, real-time messaging systems (Kafka, MQTT), and non-relational database systems (DynamoDB), networking, DevOps.</li><li>Excellent communicator, thrives within a tightly knit, cross-functional remote team environment.</li></ul> LOCATION We are a fully distributed company of remote workers with concentrated hubs in Austin, TX, Tampa, FL, and Boulder, CO. We are in the process of establishing small collaboration spaces in these locations to provide opportunities for in-person discussions and team building when needed. ***Note: We currently don't hire in California or New York metro*** ABOUT AUTOMOX Automox is the cloud-native IT operations platform for modern organizations. Our award-winning answer to modern IT operations and best-in-class results earned Automox four straight quarters of record growth. We are now trusted by more than 2,500 leading companies and MSPs worldwide, including NASA, Yale, Xerox, Allbirds, and Unicef. It makes it easy to keep every endpoint automatically configured, patched, and secured - anywhere in the world. The future of IT Operations is cloud-native - and right now. Will you join us? EMPLOYMENT AT AUTOMOX Must be able to pass a federal, state, county background check Complete a local in-person verification TOTAL REWARDS: Thrive with Us Competitive Salary Equity for Full-Time Employees 401K Match Flexible PTO, generous sick time policy $20 a month to connect virtually with colleagues Health & Wellness Comprehensive Health Plans with generous employer contributions 100% Company-paid Short Term/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance Company HSA Contribution: $100-$200 per month based on tier Happiness & Well-Being $50 per month Lifestyle Spending Account Internet Reimbursement - $50/month $750 Home office stipend $10k Adoption Benefit Comprehensive Family Planning Covered on Meritian Medical Plan We are committed to an inclusive and diverse company. Automox is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any legally protected status. We are not able to sponsor work visas at this time.</div>

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