--- title: 'Associate Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend at Saviynt' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/associate-principal-software-engineer-cloud-edge-backend-saviynt-milpitas-2sapfx9mjrar' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Associate Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend at Saviynt - **Company:** Saviynt - **Location:** Milpitas, CA - **Compensation:** $220k–$235k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-06-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/saviynt/de5d318f-9c22-4366-b64d-2d44ddf4b88f ## Job description Saviynt's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes. Customers trust Saviynt to safeguard their digital assets, drive operational efficiency, and reduce compliance costs. Built for the AI age, Saviynt is today helping organizations safely accelerate their deployment and usage of AI. Saviynt is recognized as the leader in identity security, with solutions that protect and empower the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. For more information, please visit www.saviynt.com. 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 YOU WILL BE DOING - Architect and build the next-generation AI Security platform for enterprise identity and privileged access. - Design and develop highly scalable microservices in Go (Golang) that power the Cloud Control Plane and distributed Edge Backends. - Build the Cloud Control Plane responsible for policy management, AI governance, discovery orchestration, analytics, reporting, and APIs. - Build distributed Edge Backends that operate as local Points of Presence (PoPs) for headquarters, regional hubs, branch offices, and customer data centers. - Design resilient policy synchronization from Cloud → Edge → Endpoint with secure fail-closed enforcement during connectivity failures. - Build enterprise-scale discovery services for cloud resources, on-prem infrastructure, endpoints, applications, databases, and AI agents. - Develop access-brokering capabilities that enable privileged access to applications, machines, and services through local Edge Backends. - Design highly available, observable, and resilient distributed systems using modern cloud-native technologies. - Mentor engineers, lead architecture discussions, and drive engineering best practices. AI & Agentic Engineering - Leverage AI-assisted software development throughout the SDLC to improve productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence. - Build platform capabilities to discover, govern, and secure AI agents, automation frameworks, MCP servers, and agentic applications. - Develop scalable services supporting AI-native enterprise workloads. - Follow AI SDLC best practices across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.r ## WHAT YOU BRING - 1+ years at a Associate Principal level of backend software engineering experience. - 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. - Experience building enterprise security, IAM, PAM, Zero Trust, or networking products is highly desirable. - Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT, or similar. - Understanding of modern AI application architectures, including LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, orchestration frameworks, and Model Context Protocol (MCP). - 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 technical leadership, architecture, mentoring, and communication skills. ## About Saviynt ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Saviynt provides an AI-powered identity security and access management platform that secures and governs every identity—human, non-human, and AI agent—across the entire digital ecosystem. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, United States - **Founded**: 2010 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Identity Security & Access Management (IAM/IGA) / Cybersecurity - **Target Customers**: Large enterprises, Fortune 500 companies, government institutions (B2B, Enterprise) - **Mission or Purpose**: To safeguard enterprises through intelligent, cloud-first identity governance and access management solutions, helping organizations safely accelerate AI deployment while protecting digital assets and driving operational efficiency. ## Products & Services - **Saviynt Identity Cloud (Platform)**: An AI-powered platform that manages and governs human, non-human, and AI agent access to applications, data, and business processes across hybrid, cloud, and on-premises environments. It combines Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Application Access Governance (AAG) into a single platform. **Type**: SaaS Platform. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed (privately held) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $1.075 billion across multiple rounds. Annual Revenue is $89.3 million. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (lead, Series B), HPS Investment Partners, PNC Bank, Carrick Capital Partners. The company serves Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. - **Growth Signals**: 1,260 employees (+28.0% YoY), 358,442 LinkedIn followers (+86.7% YoY), active job postings up +51.0% year-over-year, global expansion with offices in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and India. ## Competitive Advantages - **Unified Platform**: Combines IGA, PAM, and AAG into a single cloud-native platform, reducing complexity and cost for enterprises compared to multi-vendor solutions. - **AI-Native Architecture**: Built for the AI age, it specifically addresses identity security for AI agents and non-human identities, a rapidly growing market need. - **Enterprise Scale & Trust**: Designed for the largest, most complex organizations (Fortune 500, government) with a focus on compliance, security, and operational efficiency. - **Strong Financial Backing**: $1.075 billion in total funding provides significant resources for R&D and market expansion. ## Strategic Focus - **AI-Driven Identity Security**: Prioritizing the safe acceleration of AI deployment and usage by securing AI agent identities. - **Global Expansion**: Deepening presence in key markets like India, the UK, Australia, and across Europe. - **Platform Growth**: Continuing to unify and enhance the Identity Cloud platform to cover the full spectrum of identity challenges. - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring (+51% job postings YoY) to scale engineering, sales, and customer success teams. ## Why Work Here - **High-Growth Environment**: Headcount grew 28% in the last year, offering strong career advancement potential in a fast-scaling company. - **Mission-Driven Work**: Tackling critical cybersecurity challenges for the world’s largest organizations. - **Global & Remote-First Culture**: Remote-friendly roles and hybrid options available, with offices in major cities globally (El Segundo, London, Sydney, Bengaluru). [saviynt.com](https://saviynt.com/careers) - **Strong Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive base pay with bonuses, medical/dental/vision, retirement programs, and flexible time off. [saviynt.com](https://saviynt.com/careers) - **Positive Employee Sentiment**: Average employer rating of **4.0/5.0** (436 reviews), with strong compensation (4.1) and career opportunity (4.0) scores. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/saviynt) - **Diverse, Global Team**: Workforce spans 23 countries, offering a rich, multicultural work experience. ## Sources 1. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/saviynt) 2. [Saviynt Careers Page](https://saviynt.com/careers) 3. [Saviynt About Us](https://saviynt.com/company/about-saviynt) 4. [Lever Job Postings](https://jobs.lever.co/saviynt) 5. 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