CyberArk is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Machine Identity Security team, focused on backend systems that power the control plane of our platform. The role involves leading the design and evolution of scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations that enable secure machine identity and certificate lifecycle management at scale.
Requirements
- Lead the design and development of backend services and APIs that power the Machine Identity Security control plane
- Own and drive backend architecture and system design for control plane services, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and extensibility
- Define and influence how control plane capabilities are exposed through APIs, SDKs, and integrations
- Build and guide the development of integrations between the control plane and external systems/tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, enterprise platforms)
- Design and operate high-throughput distributed systems supporting large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS control plane environments, with a focus on latency, reliability, and data consistency
- Optimize backend services for performance at scale, including request throughput, concurrency, and system efficiency under load
- Partner closely with product, platform, and security teams to evolve control plane functionality and user-facing capabilities
- Drive consistency and best practices across control plane services, including API design, service communication, and data handling
- Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across distributed control plane services, setting patterns for others to follow
- Mentor engineers and contribute to raising the technical bar through design reviews and technical leadership
- Drive improvements in development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering standards
- Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude AI) to enhance engineering productivity, code quality, and system design workflows
- Contribute to evolving engineering practices that incorporate AI-assisted development responsibly, with attention to security, correctness, and maintainability
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- financial
- bonus
- equity
