security engineer.

job summary:
We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer to join a premier security team. You will be responsible for evolving a Go-based detection platform, managing secure secrets workflows, and ensuring the reliability of high-throughput data pipelines. This is a highly technical role at the intersection of cryptography, backend systems, and data engineering.

 
 
location: Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
job type: Contract
salary: $95 - 100 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
· Platform Development: Maintain and extend a high-performance detection platform comprising consumer rule processors (YARA/YARA‑X), event producers, APIs, and asynchronous workflows.

· Secrets Management: Own the design and operation of Vault-backed secrets flows and encryption proxies (KMS); review and harden key usage patterns and remediation lifecycles.

· Data & Storage: Implement and optimize Postgres schema migrations and query performance. Integrate search capabilities (Solr/Lucene) when required.

· Reliability & Scale: Troubleshoot high-throughput pipelines (Kafka/Benthos), ensuring idempotency, backpressure handling, and effective instrumentation (traces/metrics).

· Engineering Excellence: Improve test coverage (unit, integration, golden tests), refine CI/CD pipelines (golangci-lint), and optimize Docker-based developer workflows.

 
qualifications:
4+ years of professional experience with Go (Golang).

2+ years of experience with Vault and KMS-style encryption tools.

3+ years of experience with Postgres (indexing and tuning).

Familiarity with YARA/YARA-X or similar pattern-matching engines.

Hands-on experience with Kafka and Docker.


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At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.