Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint Platform
On-siteVancouver, British Columbia, Canada or Milpitas, California, United States
Job Summary
Build native endpoint agents for Windows, macOS, and Linux, developing the integrated privileged access client and implementing PEDM policy enforcement. Establish secure communication between agents and edge backends with resilient fail-closed behavior while collecting local telemetry on applications, processes, services, and endpoint posture. Detect shadow IT, unauthorized AI agents, and developer tooling, then discover local resource access including filesystems, credentials, and APIs. Optimize agent performance, scalability, and reliability while leveraging AI-assisted software development throughout the SDLC to govern agentic workloads. Lead architecture and mentor engineers building these endpoint platform capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of Principal-level of systems software engineering experience
- Strong C++, Rust, or Go programming experience
- Deep knowledge of Windows, macOS, or Linux internals
- Experience with endpoint security products, including EDR, XDR, DLP, endpoint management, and PAM/PEDM
- Experience with operating system security, process management, filesystem monitoring, ETW, eBPF, or similar platform technologies
- Strong debugging, performance tuning, and systems engineering skills
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT, or similar
- Understanding of AI agents, LLMs, MCP, and modern AI application architectures
- 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 leadership, design, and mentoring skills
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.