Saviynt
Distinguished Software Engineer, Data Platform
$300K–$320K
Milpitas, California · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Experience
- 2–3 years as a Distinguished Engineer in distributed systems and data engineering, including setting data architecture direction at an org-wide, multi-year level.
About the job
Own the vision, architecture, and delivery of a governed, multi-tenant data platform that unifies data from legacy systems for operational, analytical, and AI-driven applications.
What you'll do
- Define the platform architecture, technical standards, and phased roadmap for ingestion, transformation, storage, and governed access.
- Architect real-time data replication and shared streaming capabilities, including a path toward governed bidirectional integration.
- Lead platform governance, observability, security, cost controls, technical direction, and engineering mentorship across the organization.
What they ask for
- Deep hands-on expertise with distributed database engines for mixed transactional and analytical workloads at scale.
- Proven experience architecting real-time data replication and streaming pipelines at scale.
- Strong background in multi-tenant SaaS data architecture, including tenant isolation and governed self-service access.
- Experience modernizing large-scale data infrastructure and conducting benchmark-backed build-versus-buy evaluations.
Pay
USD 300,000–320,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
AI focus
Build the governed data platform as a foundation for machine-learning and generative-AI use cases.
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