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Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend

Milpitas, California💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and build the next-generation AI Security platform for enterprise identity and privileged access, including Cloud Control Plane and distributed Edge Backends.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Cloud & Edge Backend)

Builds

Cloud Control Plane, distributed Edge Backends, policy synchronization services, and enterprise-scale discovery services for AI agents.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Identity & Access Management (IAM) / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Go (Golang), distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/NATS, networking, authentication, authorization, TLS, proxies, distributed caching

Preferred skills

IAM, PAM, Zero Trust, AI-assisted development tools, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, orchestration frameworks, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI SDLC best practices

Technologies

Go, Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, REST, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, NATS

Responsibilities

Architect and build the next-generation AI Security platform; Design and develop highly scalable microservices; Build the Cloud Control Plane for policy management and AI governance; Build distributed Edge Backends as local Points of Presence; Design resilient policy synchronization from Cloud to Edge; Develop access-brokering capabilities for privileged access; Design highly available, observable, and resilient distributed systems; Mentor engineers and lead architecture discussions.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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