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# Principal Software Engineer, Privileged Access Management

- **Company:** Saviynt Inc.
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Github, Protocol Buffers, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, PostgreSQL, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, TypeScript, User-Centered Design, Workflow Management Systems, Rust (Programming Language), Cloudbees, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Multi-Cloud, Gitlab, Event Driven Architecture, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Virtual Agents, Api Design, Terraform, Grpc, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** June 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=393c82cfa69b25ab

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Software engineering?, Do you have a Master's degree?, 10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of complex system design, implementation, and technical decision-making

Track record of taking systems from design through production at scale, including multi-tenant SaaS

Security & Compliance

Hands-on experience building security-focused systems - Privileged Access Management, Identity Governance, Authentication, Secrets Management, or adjacent domains

Required knowledge of FedRAMP, FIPS 140-3, and GovCloud (AWS GovCloud or Azure Government) - what they constrain, why, and how to design within them

Working knowledge of modern cryptography in practice: TLS/mTLS, KMS-backed key hierarchies, envelope encryption, HSM/key vault integration

Languages & Programming

Go strongly preferred as the platform's primary language; deep proficiency in at least one systems/services language (Go, Rust, C++, Java, or similar) is required

Polyglot capability - you can read, reason about, and contribute across multiple languages, and you can defend language-choice decisions on technical merit

Frontend literacy in TypeScript/React is a plus

Architecture & Infrastructure

Solid hands-on Kubernetes experience - EKS or equivalent, Helm, manifests, operators, day-2 operations. Not "I used kubectl apply once."

Cloud platform proficiency on AWS or Azure; multi-cloud experience is a plus
Microservices and API design: REST, gRPC/Protobuf, and the trade-offs between them

Experience with event-driven architectures (message buses, async workflows) - you know when to reach for them and when not to

Workflow orchestration experience (Temporal or similar) is a plus

Relational database design at scale - PostgreSQL preferred; schema-per-tenant or comparable isolation patterns a plus

Engineering Practice

Strong testing discipline: unit, integration, end-to-end, and property-based testing

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Helm; GitOps (ArgoCD) a plus

CI/CD pipeline design and ownership - GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CloudBees, or equivalent

Observability: OpenTelemetry, structured logging, metrics, tracing

Containerization: Docker multi-stage builds, distroless/minimal runtimes

AI-Driven Development

Active, deliberate use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or comparable) as part of your daily workflow - beyond autocomplete

Comfort working in a spec-driven, agent-assisted development model with mandatory verification gates; AiDLC will be our SDLC, and we expect candidates to embrace and help refine it

Critical-review instincts: you don't ship AI-generated code without reading it, testing it, and understanding it

Leadership

Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives across distributed teams

Strong written and verbal communication - you can write a clear design doc, a clear PR description, and a clear engineering contract for an AI agent

Comfortable operating in a globally distributed organization (US + India), Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience
Excellent facilitation and consensus-building skills across engineering, product, and security stakeholders
Demonstrated initiative and ability to prioritize independently in a fast-moving environment

## Description

Drive technical strategy and architecture across PAM platform components, including federal-compliant deployment topologies
Partner with Product and Engineering Management on requirements analysis, roadmap planning, and technical decision-making
Lead end-to-end design and delivery of new services from greenfield through production hardening
Operate within and help shape our AiDLC workflow: living specs, AI-generated implementations, property-based and integration testing as blocking gates, and audit-tracked human approvals
Author and maintain the engineering contracts (CLAUDE.md, prompt libraries, agent skills, code standards) that govern how AI-driven development happens on the platform
Conduct deep code reviews on critical and security-sensitive changes - including AI-generated code
Mentor senior, staff, and associate principal engineers; raise the technical bar across the team

Debug, optimize, and refactor existing services as we evolve toward multi-tenant, multi-cloud, federal-
ready

Serve as a technical expert for internal teams and, when needed, customer-facing escalations


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