Sr Backend Engineer, Platform Engineering - Network Data
Kentik
About this role
Kentik is a network intelligence platform that provides real-time network observability and telemetry across data center, cloud, and internet environments. This is a Senior Backend Engineer position on the Platform Engineering — Network Data Team focused on the organization that processes and scales large-scale network monitoring data for Kentik’s observability platform.
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About Kentik
kentik.comKentik is a network intelligence platform that gives modern infrastructure and ops teams deep visibility into network traffic, routing, cloud and CDN environments. It provides real‑time monitoring, analytics, synthetic testing and DDoS detection to improve observability, performance and security across on‑prem, hybrid and cloud networks. Kentik ingests telemetry at scale, applies analytics and anomaly detection, and exposes dashboards, alerting and reporting for troubleshooting, capacity planning and incident response. Enterprises and service providers use it to optimize traffic, control costs, and accelerate network troubleshooting.
Recent company news
crn.comChannel Stalwart Ken Marks Named VP At Network Intelligence Provider Kentik
Oct 23, 2025
Business WireKentik Launches the First Agentic AI Solution That Deeply Understands the Network
Nov 18, 2025
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Jan 8, 2026
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Sep 10, 2025
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About Kentik
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$177k – $240k
per year
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