# Staff Backend Engineer - Performance - US at Teleport

- Company: Teleport
- What the company does: Teleport unifies human, machine, and AI identities with strong identity implementation to speed up engineering, improve resiliency, and secure AI in production. Backed by Bessemer, Insight and Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://goteleport.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States (Remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $222K to $342K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-04
- Apply by: 2026-12-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/goteleport/4ac5c867-e63e-41eb-a978-8a63e29f6e49?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/teleport-staff-backend-engineer-performance-us/

## About the role

We are looking for product-focused systems engineers to work on Teleport Core Product. You will work on problems ranging from performance and scalability, security and networking, to integrations with external systems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Willingness to work collaboratively with Teleport's engineers on coding challenge in Go as part of the interview process
- Builder mentality and experience -- you love being hands-on and building zero-to-one products
- Extensive experience developing scalable, reliable, and performant distributed systems and platforms
- Linux systems engineering experience
- Knowledge of Identity Management, RBAC, ABAC, and zero-trust security models
- Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/teleport-staff-backend-engineer-performance-us/