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Staff Data Platform Software Engineer

Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, us💼 Full-time💰 $176,100–$176,100🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, improve, and maintain the robust and scalable code behind the Veza Access Graph to deliver identity and access management experiences.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Graph Data Platform)

Builds

The Veza Access Graph, a scalable distributed system for identity and access management

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, graph databases, identity and access management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems fundamentals, Graph database internals, Go (systems programming), Large-scale data modeling, RESTful API design, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Containerization/Orchestration, Caching mechanisms, Technical leadership, AI-assisted engineering

Preferred skills

Storage engine or query engine experience, Relational algebra and graph algorithms, Identity and access management concepts (RBAC/ABAC), Security or compliance engineering, Graduate degree

Technologies

Go, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Neo4j, LLM-based tools (Claude Code, Copilot)

Responsibilities

Solve complex problems with no established precedent, define coding standards and engineering best practices, set roadmap and prioritization for workstreams, coach and mentor team leads and ICs, drive collaboration and stakeholder buy-in, verify assumptions through logs and code analysis

Seniority

Staff, technical leadership and hands-on IC

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