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For more information, visit www.vectra.ai.\nOur Engineering organization is a fast-growing team of collaborative, technically strong, and passionate problem solvers. We value ownership, pragmatic technical judgment, and the drive to build meaningful technology that solves real-world security challenges. Engineers make a measurable impact on the product, company, and culture through thoughtful design, strong execution, mentoring, and continuous improvement.\nThe Application Data Platform team designs, builds, and operates data-intensive services and customer-facing capabilities across APIs, backend systems, and UI experiences. Python is a primary language, and we build end-to-end solutions spanning API design, distributed services, databases, and cloud infrastructure.\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will help evolve our REST API platform to support secure, reliable, and scalable interactions with AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) clients and servers. 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