Senior Software Engineer - Back End Platform Engineer (Machine Identity Security) hybrid

CyberArk • Santa Clara, CA

13h • $116,000 - $185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

CyberArk is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Machine Identity Security team, focused on backend systems and platform integrations. In this role, you will design and build scalable backend services that support certificate lifecycle management and secure machine identity at scale.
You will work on distributed systems, APIs, and integrations that power high-throughput, reliable cloud services, partnering closely with platform and product teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on backend engineering.
• Proven experience building modern, scalable backend or distributed systems.
• Experience with AI-first development.
• Strong proficiency with Golang, Java, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, high performance engineering environment.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of x509, PKI, and certificate issuance protocols is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs for the Machine Identity Security platform
• Contribute to backend architecture and system design, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability
• Build integrations and tooling that support platform extensibility, including APIs, SDKs, and system-to-system integrations
• Develop and operate distributed systems supporting high-scale, multi-tenant environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including platform, security, and infrastructure to deliver backend capabilities
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across distributed services
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systems, ensuring high availability, timely incident response, and overall service reliability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees