Senior Backend Engineer, Scanning Infrastructure
Scale high-volume website scanning infrastructure for privacy platform
Own and scale Lokker’s scanning infrastructure for high-volume website scanning, browser automation, and distributed systems. Focus on backend systems for reliability, performance, and cost optimization across public-facing infrastructure including websites, scripts, and SDK/API calls. Work involves networking, queues/orchestration, and headless browsers to ensure efficient and secure scanning operations.
Why This Role?
Direct impact on scaling a privacy platform’s core scanning infrastructure
Key Responsibilities
- Own and scale backend systems for high-volume website scanning
- Manage browser automation and distributed scanning workflows
- Optimize networking, reliability, performance, and cost of scanning infrastructure
- Work with queues/orchestration for distributed scanning tasks
- Ensure performance and reliability of headless browsers and crawlers
- Monitor and improve scanning efficiency across public-facing infrastructure
Requirements
- Production experience in Go, Rust, TypeScript/Node.js, C++, or similar
- Experience with distributed systems, queues/orchestration, or high-scale backend services
- Background in HTTP/TLS/DNS, proxies, CDNs, WAFs, or bot detection
- Experience with headless browsers, crawlers, scanners, or synthetic monitoring
- Knowledge of networking, reliability, and performance optimization in backend systems
Required Skills
Indonesia Context
- Working Hours Overlap:
- Minimal overlap — opposite hours
Keywords
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Original description from HN Who is Hiring
Lokker.com | Senior Backend Engineer, Scanning Infrastructure | REMOTE: North America / Europe, UTC-8 to UTC+2 preferred | Full-time Lokker is a privacy platform that helps organizations understand and control what is happening across public-facing infrastructure: websites, browser-side applications, scripts, pixels, cookies, tags, forms, SDK/API calls, and browser-side data flows. We are hiring a senior backend engineer to own and continue to scale Lokker’s scanning infrastructure. This role focuses on backend systems for high-volume website scanning, browser automation, distributed scanning, networking, reliability, performance, and cost optimization. Relevant experience includes distributed systems, queues/orchestration, high-scale backend services, HTTP/TLS/DNS, proxies, CDNs, WAFs, bot detection, fingerprinting, headless browsers, crawlers, scanners, or synthetic monitoring. Production experience in Go, Rust, TypeScript/Node.js, C++, or similar. Apply: https://lokker.com/careers/openings/senior-backend-engineer-...
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