Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend
On-siteVancouver, British Columbia, Canada or Milpitas, California, United States
Job Summary
Architect and build the next-generation AI Security platform for enterprise identity and privileged access by designing highly scalable microservices in Go that power the Cloud Control Plane and distributed Edge Backends. Develop resilient policy synchronization from Cloud to Edge with secure fail-closed enforcement and construct enterprise-scale discovery services for cloud resources, on-prem infrastructure, and AI agents. Lead architecture discussions, mentor engineers, and drive best practices while leveraging AI-assisted development throughout the SDLC to improve productivity and code quality. Build platform capabilities to discover, govern, and secure AI agents, automation frameworks, and agentic applications supporting AI-native enterprise workloads. Join the founding AI Security team to help secure the identity perimeter at scale for Fortune 500 companies and government institutions.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of Principal-level backend software engineering experience
- Expert-level Go (Golang) development
- Deep experience building distributed systems and microservices
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, REST APIs, and cloud-native platforms
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/NATS or similar distributed infrastructure
- Strong understanding of networking, authentication, authorization, TLS, proxies, and distributed caching
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT, or similar
- Understanding of modern AI application architectures, including LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, orchestration frameworks, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Familiarity with AI SDLC best practices, including AI-assisted development, automated testing, secure coding, CI/CD automation, observability, and responsible use of AI-generated code
- Strong technical leadership, architecture, mentoring, and communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building enterprise security, IAM, PAM, Zero Trust, or networking products
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