Careers
We need the Internet. But the Internet and telecommunications networks are insecure and NOT PRIVATE. Because of this:
No device, data or digital asset of value is safe from criminals and hackers
Authoritarian governments and hostile state actors around the world can spy upon and sabotage companies and organizations, infrastructure and individuals with unprecedented ease and efficiency
Defending against this threat matrix has become too complex and costly for average users and SMBs, so they just give up
Faction is dedicated to changing this by enabling any individual or organization to secure their networking, data and devices easily in a totally decentralized, encrypted private Faction Network visible, accessible and controlled only by you.
This is a ground floor opportunity to be a part of addressing one of the biggest problems out there, which impacts EVERY user of the Internet. Faction’s platform and product model is super scalable, with the opportunity for viral adoption and growth. This is an early stage company: compensation will be a mix of cash and incentive stock options. All hires will initially be a contractor engagements, but we are looking for individuals that want to stay to build a lasting and significant company.
Hiring Now: Engineering Team
We are looking for a few key engineers with right skills and experience and a passion for taking on big challenges to join our team, who will report to and collaborate directly with Dave Rand, our Co-Founder, CEO & CTO.
Technical Architect & Lead Engineer
Faction Networks is looking for a few exceptional engineers who are excited to tackle ambitious technical challenges. We’re building a team of hands-on experts who thrive in fast-moving environments and are passionate about security, privacy, and the future of digital infrastructure.
We’re currently hiring a Technical Architect & Lead Engineer with deep expertise in cryptography, cybersecurity, secure networking (VPNs, ZTNA), and system design. This role is ideal for someone who not only has the technical skills to design and build secure, privacy-focused systems, but who also wants to play a leadership role in a product-driven, early-stage team.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate directly with the CEO/CTO to refine and extend Faction’s architecture and platform.
- Own the Low-Level Design (LLD) and implementation of core platform and application components.
- Lead the development of secure backend systems leveraging advanced cryptographic methods to ensure data, device, and network integrity and privacy.
- Optimize and extend secure networking layers so that only Faction Network participants can access their environments.
- Work closely with product and design teams to ship features with exceptional UI/UX—your input as an engineer is highly valued at every stage.
- Champion Agile best practices to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of releases aligned with our roadmap.
- Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies in security, privacy, and decentralized networking—and help translate those innovations into product.
Ideal Qualifications
- Deep technical background in cybersecurity, encryption, secure networking (VPN, ZTNA), and cryptographic systems.
- Full stack and frontend development experience.
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable, secure systems.
- Experience or strong interest in decentralized technologies (excluding blockchain).
- Ability to lead and inspire a team of engineers, while being hands-on in execution.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.
Hiring Now: Engineering Team
We are looking for a few key engineers with right skills and experience and a passion for taking on big challenges to join our team, who will report to and collaborate directly with Dave Rand, our Co-Founder, CEO & CTO.
Technical Architect & Lead Engineer
We are seeking a Technical Architect & Lead Engineer with a deep background and skill set in cryptography, cybersecurity, encryption and networking technologies (VPN and ZTNA). The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of these areas with full stack and front end experience, and a passion for ensuring the security and privacy of digital systems. Experience and interest in decentralized technologies and Web 3.0 excluding blockchain would be considered a significant advantage. While Faction Networks have some characteristics in common with Blockchain architectures and we envision complementary uses of such technology in the future, this is not a blockchain nor cryptocurrency company.
The right candidate would also be eligible for VP or Director of Engineering role - but the desire and ability to dive deep into the code and execution of development is a requirement.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with our CEO & CTO on the optimization and extension of Faction's architecture and platform, including all HLD designs & specifications.
- Own all LLD design and specifications of application and platform software, as well as leading and driving the implementation of this with the team.
- Develop and maintain secure back-end systems using advanced cryptographic techniques to safeguard networking, device and data privacy, secure and integrity.
- Extend and optimize our solutions to ensure secure, private networking that is visible and accessible only to the Faction Network owner and its participants.
- Collaborate with the product team to deliver specified features with outstanding UI and UX. We welcome inputs and ideas from all team members - but most especially our engineers.
- Adhere to and lead the team in Agile best practices to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of releases according the the product roadmap.
- Stay updated on emerging trends in technologies and innovations relevant to our products, platform and solutions.
Senior Backend Engineer
Faction Networks is on a mission to redefine private, secure digital networking. We're not building another blockchain, but we are leveraging decentralized principles to create something entirely new — secure-by-design infrastructure for a privacy-first internet.
What You’ll Be Working On
- Secure system development: Design and build backend systems using modern cryptographic techniques to ensure integrity, privacy, and secure access across devices and networks.
- Private networking: Extend and optimize our architecture to deliver truly private, invisible networking — accessible only by the intended Faction participants.
- Product collaboration: Work closely with product and design to bring features to life with clean, secure logic and great user experiences.
- Agile execution: Operate within a fast-moving, Agile team to ship features and platform improvements in sync with the roadmap.
- Innovation-minded: Stay sharp on emerging trends in cybersecurity, decentralized systems (excluding blockchain), and Web3-adjacent infrastructure — and bring fresh ideas to the table.
What We’re Looking For
- Solid experience in backend development with strong security fundamentals
- Deep knowledge of encryption protocols, secure networking, VPNs, ZTNA, and authentication models
- Experience designing and building systems that handle sensitive data or require high levels of privacy/resilience
- Interest in decentralized technologies and digital sovereignty
- Startup mindset: self-driven, adaptable, and excited to build something from the ground up
If you’re ready to build something bold, secure, and privacy-first, we’d love to talk.
Senior Back End Engineer
ZTNA, Encryption, Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy
We are seeking a Senior Back End Engineer specializing with a deep background and skill set in cryptography, cybersecurity, encryption and networking technologies (VPN and ZTNA). The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of these areas and a passion for ensuring the security and privacy of digital systems. Experience and interest in decentralized technologies and Web 3.0 excluding blockchain would be considered a significant advantage. While Faction Networks have some characteristics in common with Blockchain architectures and we envision complementary uses of such technology in the future, this is not a blockchain nor cryptocurrency company.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain secure back-end systems using advanced cryptographic techniques to safeguard networking, device and data privacy, secure and integrity.
- Extend and optimize our solutions to ensure secure, private networking that is visible and accessible only to the Faction Network owner and its participants.
- Collaborate with the product team to deliver specified features with outstanding UI and UX. We welcome inputs and ideas from all team members - but most especially our engineers.
- Adhere to Agile best practices to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of releases according the the product roadmap.
- Stay updated on emerging trends in technologies and innovations relevant to our products, platform and solutions. Apply
Senior Back End Engineer
ZTNA, Encryption, Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy
We are seeking a Senior Back End Engineer specializing with a deep background and skill set in cryptography, cybersecurity, encryption and networking technologies (VPN and ZTNA). The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of these areas and a passion for ensuring the security and privacy of digital systems. Experience and interest in decentralized technologies and Web 3.0 excluding blockchain would be considered a significant advantage. While Faction Networks have some characteristics in common with Blockchain architectures and we envision complementary uses of such technology in the future, this is not a blockchain nor cryptocurrency company.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain secure back-end systems using advanced cryptographic techniques to safeguard networking, device and data privacy, secure and integrity.
- Extend and optimize our solutions to ensure secure, private networking that is visible and accessible only to the Faction Network owner and its participants.
- Collaborate with the product team to deliver specified features with outstanding UI and UX. We welcome inputs and ideas from all team members - but most especially our engineers.
- Adhere to Agile best practices to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of releases according the the product roadmap.
- Stay updated on emerging trends in technologies and innovations relevant to our products, platform and solutions. Apply
Senior Full Stack HTML5 Developer
Dashboards, Data Analytics, AI Tools, Cross-Platform Applications
We are seeking a Senior Full Stack HTML5 Developer with expertise in cross-platform app development and solution architecture. This role focuses on creating dashboards for customers, MSPs, and our backend platform, displaying usage reports, monitoring tools, and implementing notifications based on usage limits.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
- Design and build cross-platform HTML5 applications that run as stand-alone client-side solutions on all major operating systems.
- Develop dashboards merging locally stored data with API calls for comprehensive usage reporting and analytics.
- Implement client-side databases to handle increasingly data-intensive applications.
- Create tools for auditing, compliance, and alerting based on usage thresholds.
- Deliver high-quality, innovative solutions using cutting-edge technologies.
Faction Networks utilizes a decentralized security architecture, with data encrypted and stored on end-user devices. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with similar dashboard development and data management challenges.
Additional Valuable Skills
- Experience with decentralized technologies and Web 3.0
- Knowledge of VPNs and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
- Strong API and networking background.
Technical Leadership & Vision
After spending years observing, studying, testing and thinking, Dave focused on three core problems that drive the lack of privacy and security we all experience today.
Centralized Control
When the Internet was first designed and formed over three decades ago, it was intended to provide a way to connect computers to other computers - to be decentralized. Between then and now, it became massively centralized, yet very little has changed in the basic security architecture of how devices connect and who controls that.
Networks and Connections are Visible and Vulnerable
With Internet Protocol, network addresses and traffic are visible, and connections are insecure by default.
Data is Vulnerable
Data has become the lifeblood of every digital application - and our entire lives both on and offline. And yet it mostly lies around unencrypted on both endpoint devices and cloud servers, vulnerable to loss, theft and exploitation at all times.
Faction brings multiple innovations and advances in these areas. It will not solve every problem, but thanks to Dave's insights, experience and inventive mind, Faction brings together a set of tools that enable every day end users and small organizations to leverage fundamentally sound and secure networking and data encryption at all times to protect their most important communications and data. Most importantly of all, Faction eliminates the centralized vulnerabilities that are at the heart of our networked world today and literally gives each person the keys to control their own privacy and security.