# Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend at Saviynt

- Company: Saviynt
- What the company does: Discover how Saviynt secures all identities, enabling enterprises to manage access, governance, and compliance confidently while addressing the unique security challenges of the AI era.
- Company website: https://saviynt.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Milpitas, California
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $240K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/saviynt/1e521506-d72e-4b94-8b9c-248253b03230
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/saviynt-principal-software-engineer-cloud-and-edge-backend/

## About the role

With the rise of AI and Agents, the identity perimeter needs to be secured at scale. Come join us as founding members of Saviynt’s AI Security team and help us build out AI security for the world's leading enterprises.

## What they're looking for

- 1+ years of Principal-level backend software engineering experience with a SaaS company
- 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

Tags: Software Engineering