CyberArk
identity security
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at CyberArk. Skills: MEAN stack, AWS, secure web development, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), TypeScript. lead the technical evolution of our Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) platform. Define and Govern Standards”
What You'll Achieve.
enhance the testability, observability, and performance of all technical solutions; effectively balance product requirements with rigorous security constraints; influence outcomes without formal authority; ensure system resilience and identify architectural bottlenecks before production; transform ambitious product visions into high-performance, secure realities; creating a maintainable, enterprise-grade platform; empowers our teams to ship with confidence and speed
Industry & Context.
solving the 'hard problems'; reason across complex layers; make technical trade-offs explicit and decisions durable
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years extensive experience with the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js), modernizing legacy frontend frameworks, Proven track record in cloud engineering environments, with a primary focus on AWS ecosystems, Ability to reason across complex layers—including APIs, identity, and observability—to make technical trade-offs explicit and decisions durable, Deep practical knowledge of secure web development, including OWASP Top 10 mitigation, Zero Trust principles, and Least Privilege access, communicator skilled at facilitating cross-team design sessions, mentoring junior engineers, and driving consensus across stakeholders, Committed to building highly observable and performant systems by integrating testing and monitoring into the core development lifecycle
Nice to Have
Working knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM), PAM, IGA, and robust secrets management for security-centric products, Experience managing cross-product component governance and maintaining unified design languages across large-scale applications, Familiarity with observability tools, feature flagging strategies, and implementing progressive delivery within CI/CD pipelines, Proficiency in load and stress testing using tools like JMeter to ensure system resilience and identify architectural bottlenecks before production, Familiarity with privacy-by-design principles and technical implementations for GDPR, CCPA, or SOC2 compliance, particularly regarding data anonymization and auditability, Fluency in TypeScript, RxJS, and Signals, complemented by modern testing frameworks like Jest, Playwright, or Cypress
What You'll Do.
lead the technical evolution of our Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) platform
Define and Govern Standards
Architect Complex Systems
Mentor and Uplevel Teams
Drive Strategic Alignment
building highly observable and performant systems
integrating testing and monitoring into the core development lifecycle
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
up-level the engineers around you; Lead design reviews and architecture discussions; coaching engineers on implementation, testing, and security best practices; collaborating with product partners; facilitating cross-team design sessions; mentoring junior engineers; driving consensus across stakeholders
Communication Scope
clear communication; communicator skilled at facilitating cross-team design sessions; driving consensus across stakeholders
Process & Methodology
lightweight RFCs
Full Job Description
About CyberArk CyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations around the world to secure human and machine identities in the modern enterprise. CyberArk’s AI-powered Identity Security Platform applies intelligent privilege controls to every identity with continuous threat prevention, detection and response across the identity lifecycle. With Identity Security, organizations can reduce operational and security risks by enabling zero trust and least privilege with complete visibility, empowering all users and identities, including workforce, IT, developers and machines, to securely access any resource, located anywhere, from everywhere. Learn more at [cyberark.com](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3Awww.cyberark.com&d=DwMF-g&c=V9IgWpI5PvzTw83UyHGVSoW3Uc1MFWe5J8PTfkrzVSo&r=OJ7fy177S0vfOVApDU8Ck2Jhx7VBNASaWtVVmPSlzs&m=COlTymLduTcRM7byl2KeVOHJuBTO7mlg3H9dLJlIwJq2mvXQXqvYoGakm-i7Msw&s=WTzVyBzpmKAhv55X3eGNyy049-Yrhsh9pg1qDSFvyiA&e=)_. Copyright © 2026 CyberArk Software. All Rights Reserved. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical evolution of our Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) platform. This is a role for a deeply technical, hands-on engineer who thrives on solving the "hard problems" and setting the pace for the team. You will be a primary driver of our codebase, delivering high-impact features while ensuring our architecture remains secure, observable, and performant. As a senior technical presence, you will naturally uplevel the engineers around you by demonstrating engineering excellence in practice—shaping the platform through superior code, insightful design reviews, and the practical application of engineering standards. What You’ll Do * Define and Govern Standards: Establish engineering benchmarks to enhance the testability, observability, and performance of all techni
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