As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead a team on the development of cloud identity solutions, mentor engineers, and ensure high quality in software design and implementation.
Saviynt’s Enterprise Identity Cloud helps modern enterprises scale cloud initiatives and solve the toughest security and compliance challenges in record time. The company brings together identity governance (IGA), granular application access, cloud security, and Privileged Access Management (PAM) to secure the entire business ecosystem and provide a frictionless user experience. The world’s largest brands trust Saviynt to accelerate digital transformation, empower distributed workforces, and meet continuous compliance. We are a distributed global R&D team that is extremely focused on building a platform that solves the toughest security and compliance challenges while helping Saviynt maintain its leadership position in delivering enterprise identity cloud solutions.
We encourage you to apply and bring your expertise if you’re a:
Collaborative Partner: You excel at collaborating with colleagues in engineering, product, and across functions throughout the organization. You communicate clearly and work effectively as a team to solve complex problems.
Exceptional Problem Solver: You're highly skilled at solving complex technical challenges with innovative, out-of-the-box solutions, while working collaboratively with your team and across functions.
Forward Thinker: You excel in software design and architecture to address complex problems, maintaining a high standard for quality while proactively identifying opportunities to enhance performance, quality, and efficiency.
Customer Centric Builder: You’re experienced and excellent at interacting with customers, understanding their technical concerns, addressing their challenges and effectively communicating solutions. You understand who we’re here to serve and how the products you develop will keep users front and center.
Empowering Mentor: You create a supportive and approachable environment, teaching members of your team to be self-sufficient while providing constructive feedback. You help your team think critically, grow, and develop a passion for their progress within the company.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Actively engage in requirements analysis with Product and Engineering Management
- Plan and execute roadmap with Product and Engineering management
- Be a mentor, technical leader and thought leader for a talented team of engineers, challenging them and helping them grow
- Collaborate with internal teams to architect, design, and develop state-of-the-art enterprise identity cloud solutions
- Automate Testing and deploy applications and systems
- Debug, enhance, update, optimize and refactor existing code as needed
- Lead and Mentor engineers in the team
- Conduct code reviews for critical and intricate code modifications
- Develop new projects from scratch while maintaining existing services
- Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle
- Serve as an expert on applications and provide technical support
- Follow true agile principles
WHAT YOU BRING
- 9-10 years of software development experience demonstrating ownership of complex system design, implementation, and technical decision-making.
- Hands-on experience building or contributing to security-focused systems, including Privileged Access Management, Identity Governance, Authentication, or related security domains.
- Experience developing applications based on security principles, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) in a containerized environment (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience designing systems with event-driven architecture
- Extensive experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs and Microservices
- Hands on experience with SQL, ElasticSearch, Redis
- Expert-level ability in Java, Spring Framework, React, Groovy on Grails, React a plus
- Experience in increasing levels of responsibility managing application development, solution architecture, design and delivery, and process improvement
- Experience with unit, functional and system integration testing
- Extensive understanding of working in an agile environment utilizing Scrum and Kanban
- Experience with Git (GitHub/GitLab), automatic deployments, continuous integration
- Hands on experience using IntelliJ or Eclipse/My Eclipse IDE, writing Junit test cases, working with Maven/Ant or similar technology
- Experience leading and mentoring engineers a huge plus
Qualifications
- Excellent negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building capabilities
- Openness and adaptability to respond to fast-moving circumstances
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages and tools
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Collaborative and adaptable working style with the ability to pair program
- Demonstrate initiative and the ability to prioritize your time and efforts
- A thorough grasp of technology concepts, business operations, design and development tools, system architecture, and technical standards
- Understanding of backlog tracking, burndown metrics, and incremental delivery
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience
You may also be eligible to participate in a Saviynt discretionary bonus plan, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
If required for this role, you will:
Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter
Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to):
> Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy
> Incident Response Policy/Procedures
> Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures
> Mobile Device Policy
> Account Management Policy
> Access Control Policy
> Personnel Security Policy
> Privacy Policy
Saviynt is an amazing place to work. We are a high-growth, Platform as a Service company focused on Identity Authority to power and protect the world at work. You will experience tremendous growth and learning opportunities through challenging yet rewarding work that directly impacts our customers, all within a welcoming and positive work environment. If you're resilient and enjoy working in a dynamic environment you belong with us!
Saviynt is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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