About CyberArk:
CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), is the global leader in Identity Security. Centered on privileged access management, CyberArk provides the most comprehensive security offering for any identity – human or machine – across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud workloads and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. The world’s leading organizations trust CyberArk to help secure their most critical assets. To learn more about CyberArk, visit our CyberArk blogs or follow us on X, LinkedIn or Facebook.
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.
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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.
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.
We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.
The salary range for this position is $116,000 – $170,000/year, plus commissions or 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.
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