Senior Software Engineer (AI Security

Crane Venture Partners; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyberhaven is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer (4+ years) in Bengaluru to build and evolve a high-scale backend platform. You will craft production-grade Go services, deepen distributed system capabilities, and implement security-first data processing for AI tools and GenAI workloads.

You’ll collaborate with global teams across India, Europe, and the US to shape a secure, scalable data-security platform.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on Go (Golang) experience and production backend services in Go.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems and Kubernetes-based apps.
• Experience with large-scale databases and cloud services (GCP BigTable/BigQuery/Spanner is a plus).
• Proficiency in API integrations and enterprise SaaS connectors is a plus.
• Knowledge of security, reliability, and performance for high-volume systems.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication, comfortable with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve large-scale, fault-tolerant backend systems processing billions of events with sub-second latency.
• Build security capabilities protecting data as it flows into/out of AI tools and GenAI applications.
• Contribute to the architecture and evolution of Cyberhaven’s AI Security platform.
• Analyze performance, profile, optimize, and troubleshoot distributed systems.
• Develop production backend services using Go and modern microservices stack.
• Create API-level integrations with enterprise SaaS and AI platforms.
• Write secure-by-design software for untrusted data and global endpoints.
• Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and distributed teams across India, Europe, and the US.

Skills

Go/Golang

Distributed systems

Microservices

Security

API integrations

Performance tuning

English communication

Tools

Kubernetes

BigTable

BigQuery

Spanner

Redis

Docker

Etcd

Job description

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience to help build and evolve this product. Strong hands‑on experience with Go (Golang) is a must. You’ll be an early contributor to a new and rapidly evolving product area, working on complex backend and security challenges at significant scale while having meaningful input into the architecture.

What you’ll do

• Design, extend, and optimize large-scale, highly scalable, fault‑tolerant backend systems processing billions of events from hundreds of thousands of endpoints in real time, with sub‑second latency requirements.
• Build security capabilities that protect sensitive customer data as it flows into and out of LLMs, GenAI applications, AI tools, and agents.
• Contribute to the architecture and evolution of Cyberhaven’s AI Security platform.
• Solve real‑world scaling and distributed systems problems through performance analysis, profiling, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Build and ship production backend services using Go (Golang).
• Work with a modern microservices‑based stack including Go, Kubernetes, BigTable, BigQuery, Spanner, Redis, Docker, and Etcd.
• Build integrations and connectors at the API level with SaaS and AI platforms commonly used in enterprises, including GenAI and LLM‑based applications.
• Write secure‑by‑design, hardened software that can withstand real‑world attacks while processing untrusted data and communicating with hundreds of thousands of endpoints over the internet.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams, and distributed teams across India, Europe, and the US.

Who you are

• You have 4+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of building backend systems that are actively used at scale.
• You have strong hands‑on experience with Go (Golang) and have built and shipped production backend services using Go.
• You have experience building and operating distributed systems, microservices, and Kubernetes‑based applications in production.
• You have worked with databases at significant scale. Experience with GCP services such as BigTable, BigQuery, or Spanner is a plus.
• You have experience profiling, troubleshooting, and optimizing distributed applications that use large databases, event streams, or streaming platforms.
• Experience building API‑level integrations or connectors with enterprise SaaS applications is a plus. Experience with AI/LLM platforms is especially relevant.
• You understand the importance of reliability, performance, and security when building systems that process large volumes of sensitive or untrusted data.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and are comfortable collaborating frequently with distributed teams in Europe and the US.
• You thrive in fast‑paced environments, enjoy tackling ambiguous technical challenges, and like shipping with velocity.
• You have a customer‑centric mindset and value direct feedback from customers.
• You are based in Bangalore.

Joining Cyberhaven means joining the team building Data Security for the Agentic Enterprise. Traditional tools fall short. Cyberhaven traces the full lifecycle of your data, adapting protection to changing context, so protection moves with the way people actually work, not against it. AI Changed Work. We Protect It.

Backed by $250M from leading investors like Khosla and Redpoint, our team includes leaders who built industry‑defining technologies at CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Meta, Google, and more. This role lets you shape the future of data security, working alongside people driven to protect workflows, not just data, for customers who cannot afford to slow down to stay safe.

AI Tools Disclosure:

As part of Cyberhaven's hiring process, we use recruiting tools that include AI-powered features to help with tasks like scheduling, note‑taking, workflow automation, and other recruiting activities ("AI Tools"). The AI Tools may process information you provide during the application and interview process. When AI‑assisted interview note taking is used, candidates are notified in advance and have the option to opt out of the AI‑assisted interview note taking.

Cyberhaven is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.