Senior Software Engineer, Backend, Golang (hybrid in Santa Clara)

Company Description

About CyberArk

CyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations around the world to secure human and machine identities in the modern enterprise. CyberArk’s AI-powered Identity Security Platform applies intelligent privilege controls to every identity with continuous threat prevention, detection and response across the identity lifecycle. With Identity Security, organizations can reduce operational and security risks by enabling zero trust and least privilege with complete visibility, empowering all users and identities, including workforce, IT, developers and machines, to securely access any resource, located anywhere, from everywhere. Learn more at cyberark.com.

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Job Description

CyberArk is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Machine Identity Security team, responsible for the Control Plane — our cloud platform for securing machine identities. In this role, you will help advance our next generation Certificate Lifecycle Management capabilities and shape how global organizations manage and protect their machine identities at scale.

What you will do:

• Contribute to the design and architecture of backend features that enhance the Machine Identity Cloud platform.
• Develop and maintain high quality backend services for the Machine Identity Security cloud platform using Golang and Java.
• Build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power the platform’s frontend and system to system integrations.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to deliver data efficiently through GraphQL and other interfaces.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across distributed services within the Machine Identity Security ecosystem.
• Drive continuous improvement of development practices, tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Participate in a paid on call rotation to help ensure platform reliability and a best in class user experience.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on backend engineering.
• Proven experience building modern, scalable backend or distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency with Golang, Java, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of x509, PKI, and certificate issuance protocols (e.g., ACME, SCEP) is a strong plus.
• Excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, high performance engineering environment.
  
  
  

Additional Information

CyberArk is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

The salary range for this position is $116,000 – $170,000/year, plus equity and discretionary bonus, which will be based on the employee’s performance. Base pay may also vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.