Senior Software Engineer (Platform team)

Hidden Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work arrangement

On-call rotation

Job summary

Sysdig is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a platform team responsible for foundational identity and account capabilities used across a cloud-focused product. You will design, build, and operate authentication and directory services and collaborate with product and engineering partners to deliver secure, reliable services at scale.

The role emphasizes backend design, distributed systems engineering, and operational ownership, with on-call responsibilities for production issues.

Qualifications

• At least five years of professional software engineering experience delivering distributed, highly available services.
• Strong proficiency in Go or Java.
• Practical experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database and a messaging system such as NATS.
• Experience building SaaS applications and delivering substantial software projects end to end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate authentication, authorization, and user or team directory services.
• Develop scalable, highly available, performant platform services consumed by multiple engineering teams.
• Maintain cross-product capabilities such as workflow automation, analytics systems, and ticketing integrations.
• Improve the onboarding experience for connecting AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI accounts, partnering with Product, Frontend, Design, and Quality Engineering.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and help resolve urgent production issues.

Skills

Go

Java

PostgreSQL

NATS

Distributed systems

SaaS

On-call rotation

AI coding agents

Job description

Role overview

Senior Software Engineer joining a platform team responsible for foundational identity and account capabilities used across a cloud-focused product. The role combines backend design, distributed systems engineering, operational ownership, and collaboration with product and engineering partners to deliver secure, reliable services at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate authentication, authorization, and user or team directory services.
• Develop scalable, highly available, performant platform services consumed by multiple engineering teams.
• Maintain cross-product capabilities such as workflow automation, analytics systems, and ticketing integrations.
• Improve the onboarding experience for connecting AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI accounts, partnering with Product, Frontend, Design, and Quality Engineering.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and help resolve urgent production issues.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional software engineering experience delivering distributed, highly available services.
• Strong proficiency in Go or Java.
• Practical experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database and a messaging system such as NATS.
• Experience building SaaS applications and delivering substantial software projects end to end.
• Ability to prioritize and switch between high-impact work in a distributed, remote-first environment.
• Familiarity with AI coding agents and a willingness to use them thoughtfully to improve development workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating Single Sign-On systems.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first work arrangement with on-call participation.
• Additional paid time off and mental-health support for employees and their families.
• The stated annual compensation range is €54,000–€68,000, subject to location, experience, education, and other role-related factors.