SmartVerify - Principal Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems & Control Planes)

Job Title : Principal (Lead/Staff) Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems & Control Planes) Location : Fully Remote (Need to reside in Greater Vancouver BC, Canada or in the United States) Visa : Can sponsor work-permit and PR in Canada Compensation : $140K-$175K CAD annual, plus equity, (commensurate with experience/profile) Level : Staff / Principal Reports To : CEO Experience : 8+ years (Principal/Staff level) Employment : Full‑time The Mission SmartVerify is decoupling data security from application security. As Generative AI transforms applications from predictable tools into dynamic security risks, enterprises can no longer rely on AppSec as a proxy for Data Security. They need granular, reliable control. SmartVerify is that control layer. We are building a distributed security grid that enforces policy at the edge. We need a Lead Engineer to build the Control Plane. This is the central component that orchestrates security policies across thousands of nodes in r