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Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9,300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.\nAstra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023, Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities.\nWe've been awarded by the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, at the La French Tech program and the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox, etc. are a few of Astra's customers.\nRole Overview\nAt Astra Security, we are building the future of AI-driven cybersecurity, including Autonomous Pentesting — an experience that helps teams automatically discover, test, and secure Web & Mobile applications, Cloud, and APIs at scale.\n\nAs a Backend Engineer (SDE 1), you will work on building and improving the backend systems that power Astra's cybersecurity platform. You'll develop APIs, backend services, database components, and asynchronous workflows that support our core product.\nYou'll work closely with experienced backend engineers, frontend engineers, product managers, DevOps, and QA to build reliable and scalable features. 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