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Senior Software Backend Engineer, Foundations

NetBox Labs logoNetBox Labs
AI-native
TypeFull-time
WorkplaceRemote
SenioritySenior
Salary$85,000–$195,000
LocationUS Remote
Posted9/28/2026
Engineering

NetBox Labs seeks a Senior Software Backend Engineer for the Foundations team. Foundations is the platform team that builds core services for identity, authentication, and access control. Foundations also builds shared platform primitives that other engineering teams depend on. You will own delivery of complex components within Foundations projects and act as a go-to technical expert for your area. You will report to the Foundations Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities:

  • Act as the team's go-to expert for a core area of Foundations, such as identity, authentication, or access control.

  • Design and build backend services for the platform in collaboration with other teams.

  • Own delivery of complex components within Foundations projects, from design through production.

  • Break large projects into well-defined milestones. Communicate risk and status early.

  • Investigate and fix tough technical problems the team encounters.

  • Identify technical debt and risk before it grows into a larger business problem.

  • Mentor engineers through pairing, code review, and design review.

  • Communicate technical decisions clearly in design docs and team meetings.

  • Partner with Product and other engineering teams to align technical work with priorities.

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of software development experience, including ownership of complex backend systems.

  • Backend programming experience in Python or Go.

  • Experience in Platform Engineering or building common platform components.

  • A track record of breaking large projects into milestones and delivering on time.

  • Experience mentoring engineers through code review and design review.

  • Strong Linux and distributed systems fundamentals.

  • Comfort working across teams to align technical work with product priorities.

  • Experience with incorporating AI into a development workflow and authoring AI-enhanced tooling .

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with authentication and authorization systems (for example, OAuth, SSO, or role-based access control).

  • Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

  • Experience with network management or infrastructure software (for example, NetBox).

  • Open-source contributions or project involvement.

About NetBox Labs:

NetBox Labs helps companies build and manage complex networks. We help customers accelerate network automation by delivering open, composable products and supporting the network automation community.

NetBox Labs is the commercial steward of open source NetBox, the world’s most popular network source of truth, and Orb, the next-generation open source network observability platform. Our products include NetBox Enterprise, a fully supported self-managed NetBox with advanced features, and NetBox Cloud, a secure, scalable, and reliable SaaS edition of NetBox.

NetBox powers thousands of companies, and NetBox Labs is backed by investment from Notable Capital (formerly GGV), Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce Ventures, and Mango Capital.

Our culture and values:

  • We own and solve problems with high attention to detail.

  • Our open source contributors, users, customers & team are all part of our community. When our community wins, we win.

  • We prioritize simplicity and think twice before adding complexity

  • Clear communication helps keep our team aligned and collaborating smoothly.

NetBox Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse teams build better software, and we welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. If you need accommodation at any point in the process, just let us know.

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NetBox Labs

We make it easier to build and manage complex networks.

NetBox Labs simplifies the full infrastructure lifecycle for the world’s most demanding technical environments. As the commercial steward of NetBox, the open-source infrastructure system of record trusted by 10,000+ organizations for more than a decade, NetBox Labs streamlines infrastructure procurement, modeling, deployment and management for both humans and agents. The company’s infrastructure intelligence platform powers business-critical systems at companies like ARM, CoreWeave, J.P. Morgan, Kaiser Permanente, and Riot Games that trust NetBox Labs to manage the networks and infrastructure critical to their business. Headquartered in New York City, NetBox Labs is backed by NGP, Notable Capital, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce, and Two Sigma. Visit netboxlabs.com

Private companySeries B
Founded2023
HQUnited States
Size
Unlock human wisdom
ThesisTermsPrivacy
51–200 employees
IndustryComputer Networking Products
Funding
  • Series B · $35M · Jul 14, 2025
Investors
NGP Capital
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