Saviynt
Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend
$240K–$250K
Milpitas, California +1 · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 29, 2026
- Location
- Milpitas, California
Vancouver - Experience
- 1+ years of Principal-level backend software engineering experience with a SaaS company.
About the job
Architects and builds Saviynt’s AI security platform, including cloud control-plane services and distributed edge backends for enterprise identity and privileged access.
What you'll do
- Design and develop scalable Go microservices and resilient cloud-to-edge policy synchronization and enforcement.
- Build services for AI governance, discovery, analytics, reporting, APIs, and privileged access brokering.
- Lead architecture and engineering practices, mentor engineers, and develop capabilities to discover and secure AI agents and applications.
What they ask for
- Expert-level Go (Golang) development.
- Deep experience building distributed systems and microservices.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, REST APIs, and cloud-native platforms.
- Strong understanding of networking, authentication, authorization, TLS, proxies, and distributed caching.
Nice to have
- Experience building enterprise security, IAM, PAM, Zero Trust, or networking products.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and understanding of AI architectures such as LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and MCP.
Pay
USD 240,000–250,000 (per-year-salary) base salary
Tools
Go (Golang), Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/NATS
AI focus
Uses AI-assisted development throughout the SDLC and builds platform capabilities to discover, govern, and secure AI agents, automation frameworks, MCP servers, and agentic applications.
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