Staff Software Engineer – Platform (Cloud / Distributed Systems)

CyberArk•Santa Clara, CA

13h

About The Position

CyberArk is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the NGTS (Next Generation Trust Services) team, focused on building and scaling platform services that power certificate lifecycle management and machine identity at enterprise scale. This is a systems and platform role operating at the intersection of distributed systems, security, and infrastructure. You will drive architecture, design, and implementation of services that manage certificates, keys, and trust relationships across highly distributed environments.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend focus
Proven experience designing and building distributed systems at scale
Strong proficiency in Java, Go, or similar backend languages
Experience with APIs, microservices, and service-oriented architecture
Deep understanding of system performance, concurrency, and reliability
Experience with cloud platforms and distributed infrastructure
Experience with database systems (SQL/NoSQL) and data modeling
Experience with debugging complex production issues

Nice To Haves

Experience with PKI, x509 certificates, or certificate lifecycle systems
Familiarity with protocols such as ACME, SCEP, or TLS
Background in security platforms or identity systems
Experience building control plane or platform-level services
Ability to operate at both system design and implementation level
Strong ownership mindset across services and platform components
Clear communication of technical decisions and tradeoffs
Experience influencing architecture across teams

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of scalable backend services supporting certificate lifecycle management (issuance, renewal, revocation)
Drive architecture for high-throughput, distributed systems handling machine identities at scale
Define and evolve API contracts and service interfaces across platform components
Partner with platform, security, and infrastructure teams to build reliable and secure systems
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application, database, and system layers
Contribute to system reliability through observability, fault tolerance, and resilience patterns
Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across the team
Participate in technical design reviews and influence long-term platform direction