Principal Software Engineer - AI Security

Who We Seek

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer with a builder’s mindset and a passion for innovation to join our AI Security team at BigID.
You’ll play a key role in shaping how organizations adapt and secure their use of AI, working on new initiatives from the ground up. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who thrives in ambiguity, brings deep backend expertise, and influences cross-team architecture and product direction.
This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI Security initiatives in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

What You’ll Do

• Design scalable, secure solutions to complex technical challenges
• Build backend services and infrastructure from the ground up
• Drive architectural and technological decisions across products
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and mentor engineers
• Review design and code to uphold high engineering standards
• Explore new technologies and bring innovative ideas into production

What You’ll Bring:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, with deep expertise in Java / TypeScript / Python and a strong grasp of software engineering best practices.
• A proven track record of leading the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and high-performance systems in production environments.
• Architectural experience—you’ve made critical design decisions, defined technical direction, and guided teams through system evolution.
  Strong understanding of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, databases, message queues, multi-tenancy, and cloud-native computing.
  Experience building and evolving microservices-based architectures, ideally deployed in Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms.
• A collaborative, communicative approach—you’re comfortable influencing across teams, mentoring engineers, and driving alignment.
  A proactive, ownership-driven attitude—you seek out opportunities, solve problems before they escalate, and take initiative to improve systems and processes.

Advantages:

• Experience with GenAI implementations, LLM integrations, Vector Databases (e.g., Mongo Atlas Search, Elastic Search), and embedding-based search.
• Background in Cybersecurity, data privacy, or compliance-related domains, especially with experience designing secure-by-default systems.
• Experience evaluating and integrating third-party APIs, SDKs, or cloud-native AI services (e.g., Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI).

What’s in it for you?!

Our people are the foundation of our success, and we prioritize offering a wide range of benefits that make our team happier and healthier.

• Equity participation - everyone shares in our success
• Flexible work arrangements - for parents, remote workdays, etc.
• Office perks: dog-friendly environment, fully stocked fridge, gym, and exercise classes, weekly Happy Hours, free parking, evening meals
• Knowledge training & career development tracks

Our Values:

We look for people who embody our values - Care, Do, Try & Shine.

• Care - We care about our customers and each other
• Do - We do what it takes to make a positive impact
• Try - We try our best and we don’t give up
• Shine - We shine and make it our mission to always stand out

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