Software Team Lead- Hybrid & Sensor Infrastructure
Job Overview
Salt Security is the original API Security vendor pioneering the market as the first vendor in 2018. Since then we have exhibited hyper-growth in a number of customers, threats stopped, and revenue. We saw API security as the security battleground of the future years ago as APIs started to form the foundation of the application innovation needed to drive business success today. Across banks, retail and transportation, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities, every modern app depends on APIs. Attackers realize APIs are the conduits to all sorts of valuable data and services – within the year, APIs are predicted to be the number one application threat vector. Without secure APIs, businesses cannot rapidly innovate. Salt Security has delivered the only patented solution to discover all APIs and their exposed data, stop API attackers, and provide remediation details for dev teams to write more secure APIs.
At Salt, we’re passionate about what we do. We work as a team and embrace new ideas, wherever they come from. We also enjoy all the benefits of a startup environment, including quickly seeing the results of your work, making an outsized impact on our company, and solving diverse challenges.
Want to make a big difference? We encourage you to apply!
About the position
We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Team Lead to drive two of the most critical components in our product: the Sensor (Salt’s data collection engine) and the Hybrid (our edge deployment layer).
This is a hands-on leadership role combining deep technical expertise, architectural ownership, and the ability to build a strong, distributed team.
You’ll work closely with architects, product, and field engineers while playing a central role in shaping the foundation of our next-generation data collection and delivery pipeline.
What will you do?
- Lead a strong technical team
- Manage the data pipeline and lead the development of a Data Fetcher component to be deployed in either cloud or customer on-premise environments.
- Oversee remote management and deployment processes for sensors and Edge servers at customer sites.
- Research, Experiment and deploy new technologies to allow data collection from a multitude of resources facing challenging constraints.
- Ensure seamless integration with multi-cloud environments, APIs, and customer-specific systems.
- Develop solutions that meet SaaS standards while maintaining true on-premises functionality.
- Optimize system performance (RPM, CPU usage) to ensure efficient use of resources without scaling infrastructure unnecessarily.
- Help define and shape the team as a major knowledge center in the company.
- Influence and build core product components that make a real impact in the field- not maintenance work.
Who are you?
- 3+ years of experience in a management role, including ownership of architectural decision-making.
- 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience
- Strong in Golang, Kubernetes, Linux, networking (TCP/HTTP).
- Experience with distributed systems, low-level concepts, and cloud-native environments.
- Able to manage offshore teams, lead by example, and own architecture end-to-end.
- Adaptive, independent, and excited about learning fast and switching contexts.
- Experience or a strong interest in integrating AI into your development workflow to boost productivity and innovation.
- A genuine passion for technology and a drive to solve complex challenges.
- A leader who leads by example—comfortable contributing directly to the codebase and influencing key architectural directions.
DO NOT APPLY if any of the following don’t resonate with you:
- Your finish line isn’t “merged to main”—it's a successful deployment on a customer’s machine.
- You see yourself as part of a bigger team, including support and sales, and understand they rely on you when it matters most.
- You want to grow, push yourself, and leave a meaningful mark.