Principal Software Engineer, Application Access Governance
El Segundo, CAHybridFull-time
AI Summary
A Principal Software Engineer designs and develops secure, scalable, multi-tenant identity and access governance software on cloud platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise identity cloud solutions.
About this role
SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Saviynt is an identity authority platform built to power and protect the world at work. In a world of digital transformation, where organizations are faced with increasing cyber risk but cannot afford defensive measures to slow down progress, Saviynt’s Enterprise Identity Cloud gives customers unparalleled visibility, control and intelligence to better defend against threats while empowering users with right-time, right-level access to the digital technologies and tools they need to do their best work.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
Participate in requirements analysis
Design and develop secure, scalable, multi-tenant software solutions that run seamlessly across major cloud platforms like AWS and Azure
Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
Develop state-of-the-art enterprise identity cloud solutions
Test and deploy applications and systems
Revise, update, refactor and debug code
Ability to start a program from scratch as well as maintain existing services
Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle
Serve as an expert on applications and provide technical support
Follow the true agile principles
WHAT YOU BRING
1-3+ years of software engineering experience
Expert-level ability utilizing technologies such as Java, Spring Framework,
REST and Microservices
Strong Experience as a Java Engineer developing applications based on
Security principles, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and
Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Hands on experience with SQL, ElasticSearch, Redis, CI/CD; Groovy on
Grails (a plus)
Experience in increasing levels of responsibility managing application
development, solution architecture, design and delivery, and process
improvement
Experience with unit, functional and system integration testing
Extensive understanding of working in an agile environment utilizing
Scrum and Kanban
Experience with Git (GitHub/GitLab), automatic deployments, continuous
integration
Hands on experience using IntelliJ or Eclipse/My Eclipse IDE, writing Junit
test cases, working with Maven/Ant
Experience with AI development tools in SDLC such as Amazon Q, Github Copilot, Cursor, and similar productivity assistants.
Skills
Amazon QAntAWSAzureCI/CDCursorDockerEclipseElasticsearchFunctional TestingGCPGitGitHubGitHub CopilotGitLabGroovy On GrailsIntelliJJavaKanbanKubernetesMavenMicroservicesRedisREST APISCRUMSpring FrameworkSQLSystem Integration TestingUnit Testing
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