Staff Software Engineer (Backend, Machine Identity Security)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Backend, Machine Identity Security): Leading the design and evolution of scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations for secure machine identity and certificate lifecycle management with an accent on high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. Focus on optimizing backend services for performance at scale, including request throughput, concurrency, and system efficiency under load.

Location: United States

Salary: $181,000 – $225,000/year, plus bonus

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of backend services and APIs that power the Machine Identity Security control plane.
• Drive backend architecture and system design for control plane services, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and extensibility.
• Design and operate high-throughput distributed systems supporting large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS control plane environments.
• Optimize backend services for performance at scale, including request throughput, concurrency, and system efficiency under load.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to raising the technical bar through design reviews and technical leadership.
• Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to enhance engineering productivity, code quality, and system design workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in software development, with demonstrated ownership of complex backend or control plane systems.
• Strong experience building backend services and APIs using Java (primary); Go experience is a plus.
• Deep experience designing and scaling distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), ideally in SaaS environments.
• Experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).

Nice to have

• Familiarity with identity, authentication, or security systems (SAML, OAuth, certificate management).
• Experience or familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and an understanding of their role in modern engineering workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.
• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.