Senior Software Engineer (Golang)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Golang): Designing and developing high-quality backend services for a Machine Identity Cloud platform with an accent on Certificate Lifecycle Management capabilities and scalable API integrations. Focus on enhancing security controls for machine identities at scale, building distributed systems, and improving CI/CD practices.

Location: Hybrid in Santa Clara, United States

Salary: $116,000–$170,000/year

Company

hirify.global, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations worldwide to secure human and machine identities in the modern enterprise.

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and ability to thrive in a collaborative engineering environment.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of x509, PKI, and certificate issuance protocols (e.g., ACME, SCEP).

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.
• Participate in a paid on-call rotation to help ensure platform reliability and a best-in-class user experience.
• Work in a collaborative, high-performance engineering environment.
• hirify.global is an Equal Opportunity Employer.