Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI Onboarding

Saviynt
US
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior software engineers with 15+ years of experience who are comfortable working with AI tools and agentic frameworks in a remote setting.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers who have built secure, scalable multi-tenant solutions on major cloud platforms.
    — “Design and develop secure, scalable, multi-tenant software solutions that run seamlessly across major cloud platforms like AWS and Azure
  • Technologists who can act as both hands-on coders and architectural thought leaders.
    — “Act as a technical expert and thought leader, influencing product direction and engineering best practices
  • Java experts with deep cloud and containerization experience seeking to apply security principles to AI.
    — “Strong Experience as a Java Engineer developing applications based on Security principles, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Things to consider

  • The role expects familiarity with multiple agent platforms and frameworks beyond just core engineering.
    — “Work across multiple agent platforms like AWS Bedrock, Google AgentSpace, Salesforce AgentForce
  • Continuous learning in emerging AI tools is explicitly required, not just preferred.
    — “Have a continuous learning mindset and not hesitate to venture into unchartered territory

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate specific examples of building foundational solutions across multiple cloud/AI platforms.
    — “building foundational solutions, using cloud, SAAS and AI design patterns and technologies
  • Showcase experience with both greenfield development and maintaining legacy systems.
    — “Ability to start a program from scratch as well as maintain existing services
  • Highlight research initiatives where you've gone deep into new platforms or technologies.
    — “Ability to perform research and go deep into platforms is a strong plus
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • secure, scalable software solutions
  • successful product launches
Typical background
software engineeringcloud platforms

Skills & requirements

Required

JavaSpring FrameworkRESTMicroservicesCloud PlatformsContainerization

Preferred

AI ToolsAgentic Frameworks

Stack & domain

JavaSpring FrameworkRestMicroservicesSQLElasticsearchRedisCI/CDAws GlueKafkaGitIntellijEclipseMavenAntAi Development ToolsTechnical LeadershipContinuous ImprovementCollaborationDocumentationAgile PrinciplesAi SecurityCloud PlatformsContainerizationServerless Architecture

About the role

Original posting from Saviynt via Lever

SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER 

Saviynt is an identity platform built to power and protect the world at work. With the rise of AI and Agents, the identity perimeter needs to be secured at scale. Come join as founding members of Saviynt’s AI Security team and enable us to build out AI security for the world's leading enterprises.  

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 bestwork.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Design, implement, test and release e2e workflows for our AI security product

Work across multiple agent platforms like AWS Bedrock, Google AgentSpace, Salesforce AgentForce, building foundational solutions, using cloud, SAAS  and AI design patterns and technologies.

Use AI and Agents to secure AI, using CUA agents, various LLM’s , agentic frameworks like ADK, Langchain among others. 

Design and develop secure, scalable, multi-tenant software solutions that run seamlessly across major cloud platforms like AWS and Azure

Act as a technical expert and thought leader, influencing product direction and engineering best practices.

Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, and operational reliability.

Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture

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

15+ years of software engineering experience

Expert-level ability utilizing technologies such as Java, Spring Framework, REST and Microservices

Familiar with AI tools and curious about MCP, A2A, Agentic frameworks. Have a continuous learning mindset and not hesitate to venture into unchartered territory.

Ability to perform research and go deep into platforms is a strong plus. 

Strong Experience as a Java Engineer developing applications based on Security principles, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns

Hands on experience with SQL, ElasticSearch, Redis, CI/CD, AWS Glue, Kafka

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.

Familiarity with various architectural patterns (e.g., event-driven, microservices, serverless) and their trade-offs

Source: Saviynt careers (Lever)

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