Rubrik
Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Cloud Infrastructure
$188K–$283K
Palo Alto, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of progressive experience in Cloud Engineering, Systems Architecture, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related technical field.
About the job
Designs and builds secure, automated multi-cloud infrastructure for Rubrik Agent Cloud, supporting AI agents at enterprise scale.
What you'll do
- Architect secure multi-cloud foundations, IAM and access controls, and compliance protections for AI workloads.
- Build infrastructure-as-code, GitOps/CI/CD pipelines, and automation for provisioning, drift detection, cost optimization, and performance.
- Lead cross-functional infrastructure design and integration across cloud and on-premises environments, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related technical field.
- Expert-level Terraform and proficiency in Python or Go.
- Deep expertise in multi-cloud IAM, network virtualization, and cloud security governance.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Service Mesh, eBPF, and regulated environments such as FedRAMP or SOC 2.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
Pay
$188,500 — $282,700 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Go
AI focus
Builds and secures enterprise infrastructure for AI agents, including agent workload access controls, observability, low-latency inference, and machine-learning-based cloud cost optimization.
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