{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"87302b72db4f6b17077c816f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/87302b72db4f6b17077c816f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/87302b72db4f6b17077c816f","title":"Software Engineer - Platform/Infrastructure","description":"About Fable Security AI-driven threats and human error are today's biggest enterprise security risks. Cybercriminals don't hack systems—they exploit people. Human errors drive 70% of security breaches, making human behavior the primary and growing attack surface. At Fable, we believe that the right tools can convert people from targets to another layer of defense.\r\nFable is the human risk platform that directly shapes employee behavior. Designed for simplicity and enterprise scale, our agentic platform synthesizes complex employee data, pinpoints risky behaviors, and deploys highly relevant interventions to people automatically, in real time, right where they work.\r\nBacked by Redpoint Ventures and Greylock Partners and founded by early Abnormal Security team members, Fable is solving cybersecurity's biggest challenge in a multi-billion-dollar market. Our team includes alumni from Meta, Twitter, Flexport, and top-tier universities like Waterloo, Columbia, Berkeley, Purdue, CMU, Stanford, UCLA, and USC. We are experiencing explosive growth, making this a career-defining opportunity to join and shape the future of security.\r\nWhy Join Us Build and scale the foundational data infrastructure powering a category-defining product\r\nWork closely with engineering, data science, and product teams to operationalize data at scale\r\nJoin a small, high-caliber team where you'll have outsized ownership and impact\r\nAt an early-stage company, every engineer directly shapes how the product works and evolves. You'll help define not just the system—but the way the company thinks about data.\r\nYour Role As a Platform / Infrastructure Engineer, you will build and scale the core systems that power Fable's product and data workflows.\r\nYou'll work across backend systems from real-time services to data pipeline. You'll ensure reliability, scalability, and performance across the stack. You'll collaborate closely with data and ML teams and contribute to the systems that ingest, process, and serve data.\r\nThis is a highly cross-functional role where you'll partner with engineering, data, and product teams to build robust, production-grade systems that scale with the company.\r\nResponsibilities Design, build, and operate scalable backend and infrastructure systems\r\nDevelop and maintain services that support real-time and batch data processing\r\nContribute to core platform components (compute, storage, orchestration, and tooling)\r\nImprove system reliability, observability, and performance across services and workflows\r\nCollaborate with data and ML teams to support data ingestion, processing, and production use cases\r\nOptimize systems for scalability, cost, and efficiency in cloud environments\r\nBuild internal tools and abstractions that improve developer velocity and system consistency\r\nContribute to secure and compliant infrastructure design\r\nYour Skillset: Must-Have 3–7+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering\r\nExperience building and operating distributed systems at scale\r\nFamiliarity with real-time or batch data processing systems (e.g., Kafka, Spark, or similar technologies)\r\nStrong understanding of system design, scalability, and reliability principles\r\nExperience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and distributed storage systems\r\nAbility to work across the stack and collaborate with cross-functional teams\r\nComfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership\r\nNice-to-Have Experience with data infrastructure or data platforms\r\nFamiliarity with stream processing or messaging systems\r\nExposure to ML infrastructure or data-driven product features\r\nExperience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, etc.)\r\nBackground in security or high-sensitivity data environments\r\nHow We Work We value impact over process —you'll ship quickly and iterate\r\nEngineers have high ownership and autonomy\r\nWe operate with tight feedback loops across product and engineering\r\nWe prioritize technical rigor, simplicity, and long-term scalability\r\nCompensation & Benefits Competitive salary + equity\r\nHealth, dental, vision coverage\r\nFlexible PTO\r\nOpportunity to join at an early stage and shape the company's foundation\r\nWhy This Role Matters Data is core to the product. You'll be responsible for building the systems that enable:\r\nReliable, production-grade data for customers and internal teams\r\nReal-time decision-making\r\nScalable analytics and experimentation\r\nYour work will directly impact how the company builds, ships, and scales.\r\nThe estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $160K - $225K / year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors.\r\nFable Security is an equal opportunity employer. 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