Software Engineer II– Backup (Go/PHP)

About Kaseya

Kaseya is the leading provider of AI-powered IT management and cybersecurity software, serving Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and internal IT organizations worldwide. Our comprehensive platform helps organizations efficiently manage, secure, and automate their IT environments, driving operational efficiency and long-term business success.

Backed by Insight Partners, a leading global software investor, Kaseya has experienced sustained double-digit growth and continues to expand its global footprint. Today, Kaseya supports customers in more than 20 countries and manages over 15 million endpoints worldwide.

Founded in 2000, Kaseya was built by builders - and we're still building. We look for people who create rather than wait, who see a hard problem and lean in, and who treat challenges as raw material. At Kaseya, everyone plays a role in shaping the future of IT: whether you're in engineering, product, sales, marketing, customer support, or operations, your work helps protect, defend, and optimize IT environments across the globe.

We're building teams that grow, perform, and make an impact. If you're driven by the itch to make things better - a product, a process, a career - you'll fit right in.

At Kaseya, we don't just raise the bar. We build it.

Position Summary

The Software Engineer will join Kaseya’s R&D team to build and maintain its Backup product. The role focuses on developing backend components in Go or PHP and working with public cloud infrastructure and Ubuntu Linux environments. The engineer will contribute to reliable, high-performance backup systems while collaborating with senior engineers to deliver quality features.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop reliable and scalable backend services and CLI tools in Go or PHP, with guidance from senior engineers.
• Work with cloud infrastructure across staging and production environments.
• Investigate technical issues and help resolve application, infrastructure, and deployment blockers.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and work with SQL databases such as MySQL.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests to support software quality and reliability.
• Follow established practices for code quality, Git workflows, documentation, and CI/CD.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with engineers across the R&D team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, with 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Backend development experience in Go or PHP, or the willingness and ability to learn either language.
• Experience with SQL databases (such as MySQL), RESTful API design and implementation, and writing unit and integration tests.
• Familiarity with at least one major public cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP), Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and standard branching workflows.
• Basic understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP and DNS, and English proficiency at B2 level or above.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Linux or Ubuntu environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes and exposure to microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with message queues such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog or Grafana.
• Awareness of software and infrastructure security best practices.

Additional Information

Kaseya provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.