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About Formal

Formal is building a network security platform for the AI era. As agents gain access to sensitive data and production systems, organizations need control over the actions they take and the data they receive. We enforce those controls directly in the network path, with a shared policy layer for humans and agents across databases, infrastructure, APIs, and AI tools.

We are trusted by leading companies such as Cursor, Decagon, Notion

, and more to solve problems across data security and compliance, data quality management, and infrastructure access.

Formal is backed by top-tiers VCs including Thrive Capital and Y Combinator with angel investors that include executives and founders from Datadog, Clickhouse, Plaid, and Vanta.

Staff Software Engineer | Backend

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About Formal

About the Role

What you'll do

What You Need

You have worked in a fast, high-growth startup environment before

You have experience using tools like Temporal and Render

You have extensive knowledge of datastore protocols (Postgres, S3, Kafka)

Compensation

Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)

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