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title: 'Software Development Engineer - Applied Research at BeyondTrust'
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# Software Development Engineer - Applied Research at BeyondTrust

- **Company:** BeyondTrust
- **Location:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/beyondtrust/jobs/8121417

## Job description

BeyondTrust is a place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work that you do, creating a safer world through our cyber security SaaS portfolio.

Our culture of flexibility, trust, and continual learning means you will be recognized for your growth, and for the impact you make on our success. You will be surrounded by people who challenge, support, and inspire you to be the best version of yourself.

## The Role

You'll build the algorithms and detection logic that secure non-human identities and cloud entitlements. This is applied research as much as engineering: you'll study how identities interact with cloud permissions, model where access is excessive, and write the detection code that surfaces over-permissioning at scale.

The work sits between backend engineering, cloud IAM analysis and algorithm development, and it suits someone who wants investigative work to end in shipped software rather than a report.

## What You’ll Do

- Build and optimise detection logic for over-permissioned identities, excessive entitlements and least-privilege gaps
- Study how service accounts, IAM roles, workload identities and API tokens use permissions, and where behaviour diverges from what was granted
- Model effective permissions programmatically across AWS IAM, Azure RBAC and Entra ID, or GCP IAM
- Write heuristics and statistical routines to flag risky permission patterns
- Turn known attack paths, such as privilege escalation and credential misuse, into automated detection coverage
- Prototype, then work with product engineering to scale models into production

## What You’ll Bring

- 3+ years writing clean, maintainable backend code, ideally Python or Go
- Solid grasp of IAM mechanics in AWS, Azure/Entra or GCP: policies, roles, authorisation flow
- Building analytical logic or heuristics from structured data, logs or permission models
- A methodical approach to complex debugging and real depth of interest in security
- Strong technical communication with engineering and product colleagues

## Who You Are

- You are a team player, eager and open to sharing successes and failures.
- You are flexible and can handle ambiguity and adapt to shifting situations and requirements.
- You take the initiative to fix issues before being assigned to them. You are persistent when facing roadblocks, overcoming them efficiently, and know how to coordinate with others when necessary.
- You hold high standards, continuously raise the bar, and drive our teams to deliver high-quality products, services, and processes.
- You understand software development best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architectures.
- You know how to balance speed and risks; you make decisions based on data.

Better Together

Diversity. Inclusion. They’re more than just words for us. They are the guiding values of how we build our teams, cultivate leaders, and create a culture where people feel connected.

We take care of our employees so they can take care of our customers. Customers who come from all walks of life just like us. We hire incredible people from diverse backgrounds because when we are different together, we are stronger together.

## About Us

BeyondTrust is the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, enabling organizations to protect identities, stop threats, and deliver dynamic access. We are leading the charge in innovating identity-first security and are trusted by 20,000 customers, including 75 of the Fortune 100, plus a global ecosystem of partners.

Learn more at [www.beyondtrust.com](http://www.beyondtrust.com/)

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## About BeyondTrust

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: BeyondTrust provides a unified identity and access security platform that protects identities, remediates threats, and delivers dynamic access across human, non-human, and AI identities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by private equity; no public ticker)
- **Headquarters**: Not publicly available in provided sources (global company with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, and more)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (roots trace to earlier companies; current entity formed through mergers and acquisitions)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity – Identity and Access Security (Privileged Access Management, Identity Threat Detection and Response, Secrets Management, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, Secure Remote Access)
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large enterprises (75% of the Fortune 100 are customers), also government, mid-market, and SMBs
- **Mission**: "Fight every day to secure identities, intelligently remediate threats, and deliver dynamic access to empower and protect organizations around the world." Vision: "A world where all identities and access are protected from cyber threats."

## Products & Services
- **BeyondTrust Pathfinder Platform**: Unified platform that integrates PAM, ITDR, Secrets Management, CIEM, and Secure Remote Access. Enforces least privilege, zero standing privilege, just-in-time access, and discovers hidden privilege paths.
- **Endpoint Privilege Management**: Removes local admin rights and enforces least privilege on endpoints.
- **Password Safe**: Enterprise password and secrets vault with rotation and just-in-time access.
- **Secure Remote Access**: Zero-trust remote support and vendor access (including Remote Support), with session management and credential vaulting.
- **Identity Security Insights**: Analytics and reporting on identity risk.
- **AI Analysis & AI Chat**: AI-powered threat detection and conversational interface for incident response.
- **Entitle**: Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) for multi-cloud environments.
- **MCP Integration**: Integration with Model Context Protocol for controlling AI agent privileges.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Not disclosed; recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM (7 years in a row), Forrester Wave Leader for PIM, KuppingerCole Leader for ITDR, and GigaOm Leader for CIEM.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Private equity owned (Francisco Partners and others per general knowledge, not explicitly in provided sources). Key partners include ServiceNow (integration with service desk workflows).
- **Growth Signals**: 75% of the Fortune 100 are customers; continuously hiring across 45+ open positions globally; named Inc. Best Workplaces 2023, Nova Scotia's Top Employer 2022, Best Workplaces in Tech UK 2022.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified Pathfinder Platform**: Single platform covering all identity security use cases (human, non-human, AI) rather than disconnected tools.
- **True Privilege™ Technology**: Maps actual identity attack paths (lateral movement, shadow access, inherited entitlements) to uncover hidden Paths to Privilege.
- **Analyst Validation**: Consistently ranked as a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, KuppingerCole, and GigaOm.
- **AI Governance**: First-to-market governance for AI agent identities across multiple cloud and SaaS environments (AWS, Azure, Google, OpenAI, Salesforce, ServiceNow).
- **Zero Standing Privilege**: Automates just-in-time access and auto-revokes privileges to reduce attack surface.

## Strategic Focus
- **Convergence of Identity Security**: Moving beyond siloed PAM to a connected, privilege-centric identity security strategy.
- **AI Identity Governance**: Enforcing privilege controls on rapidly growing AI agents and non-human identities.
- **Cloud and OT Expansion**: Protecting identities across cloud, SaaS, and operational technology environments.
- **Integrating with Service Management**: Streamlining workflows through integrations with ServiceNow and other IT service management tools.
- **Customer Experience**: Maintaining industry-leading customer satisfaction scores through exceptional support and customer success.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Most roles are fully remote with flexible work arrangements; offices exist in multiple countries.
- **Award-Winning Workplace**: Recognized by Inc., Nova Scotia's Top Employer, and Best Workplaces in Tech UK.
- **Core Values**: Teamwork, Integrity, Humility, Passion, Accountability, Results. Emphasis on continuous learning and growth, with training resources and career development programs.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: BeyondTrust Resource Groups (BTRGs) for affinity groups, community building, and educational events.
- **Transparency**: Monthly all-hands town halls where executives share business priorities and success metrics.
- **Community Impact**: BeyondGiving program supports employee-led sponsorships and global fundraising.
- **Benefits**: Competitive benefits package (details not fully disclosed but includes development tools).
- **Recruitment Authenticity**: The company warns about recruitment fraud, indicating a high focus on candidate safety.

## Sources
1. [beyondtrust.com - Company Overview](https://www.beyondtrust.com/company/overview)
2. [beyondtrust.com - Employee Life](https://www.beyondtrust.com/company/overview/employee-life)
3. [beyondtrust.com - Careers](https://www.beyondtrust.com/company/overview/careers)
4. [beyondtrust.com - Homepage](https://www.beyondtrust.com/)
5. [greenhouse.io - Current Openings](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/beyondtrust)

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