SpyCloud

SpyCloud

Principal Software Engineer – Next-Generation API & AI Platform Architecture

Austin, Texas | Remote · Principal · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$169k-$220kDetected 5 days ago
PythonGoDistributed SystemsPostgreSQLRedisElasticsearchSnowflakeRedshiftDatabricksAWSAPI DevelopmentMachine LearningA/B TestingCybersecurityComplianceUnityLeadership

About the role

  • SpyCloud's solutions thwart cyberattacks and protect more than 4 billion accounts worldwide.
  • Cybersecurity is an exciting, evolving space, and being at the forefront of the fight to disrupt cybercrime makes SpyCloud a special place to work.
  • This is a hands-on engineering role with architectural authority.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement customer-facing data and intelligence APIs with clear versioning, SLAs, and backward compatibility.
  • Design APIs as durable platform interfaces, not thin wrappers over storage systems.
  • Establish standards for schema governance, payload design, and service boundaries.
  • Architect service layers that support agentic workflows, including orchestration interfaces, guardrails, and runtime observability.
  • Build API surfaces that expose model outputs safely and consistently.
  • Collaborate with MLEs and Data Scientists to move models from experimentation into robust inference services.
  • Design and implement service layers that sit on top of the gold-layer system of record.
  • Build and evolve context hubs derived from authoritative systems of record, enabling consistent entity, identity, or risk context for downstream services.
  • Design high-throughput, low-latency services supporting batch and streaming workloads.
  • Serve as a senior architectural voice in design reviews.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience building distributed systems, APIs, or large-scale data platforms.
  • Strong understanding of schema governance, versioning strategies, and contract design.
  • Experience productionizing ML models and exposing inference services.
  • Experience designing or integrating agentic or autonomous workflows.
  • Proficiency in Go & Python (and/or backend service languages).
  • Hands-on experience with Databricks/Snowflake
  • Strong experience with AWS infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code tools
  • This role requires strong systems thinking, high-quality implementation standards, and the ability to translate platform strategy into production-grade services.

Nice to have

  • AWS services including Redshift, S3, EC2, and related cloud-native tooling.
  • Data stores including Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Redis, and graph databases (e.g., Neo4j or AWS Neptune).
  • Familiarity with Databricks/Snowflake and/or SageMaker is a plus.
  • Experience in cybersecurity, identity, fraud, or risk systems is a plus.

Skills

  • Low latency, high throughput endpoints
  • Agentic workflows (tools, actions, state transitions, handoffs)
  • Context retrieval and enrichment
  • Agentic & ML Platform Integration
  • Ensure proper lifecycle management, monitoring, and rollback mechanisms for ML-powered endpoints.
  • Data Platform & Context Hubs
  • Ensure APIs are aligned with medallion architecture principles and platform data contracts.
  • Prevent fragmentation by maintaining strong coupling to canonical schemas and governed data models.
  • Distributed Systems & Reliability
  • Implement scalable infrastructure patterns on AWS.
  • Ensure strong observability, error handling, performance tuning, and cost awareness.
  • Drive infrastructure-as-code practices and production readiness standards.

Compensation

  • The salary range reflects the expected base compensation for a fully qualified candidate at this level based on experience, qualifications, and market data at the time of posting.
  • $169,000 - $220,000
  • In addition to our engaging workspace in South Austin, flexible and remote-friendly work options, and competitive salary package, we offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
  • Generous PTO Plan and 16 paid holidays per year
  • Generous Holiday Plan and 14 paid holidays per year
  • At SpyCloud, we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation.

Benefits

  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) available with Employer Contribution
  • Employer Paid Life, Short-term, and Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Generous PTO Plan and 16 paid holidays per year
  • Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Contribution
  • Employer Provided Private Health Insurance and Healthcare Cashplan
  • Employer Paid Life Insurance and Income Replacement
  • Generous Holiday Plan and 14 paid holidays per year
  • Guided by our core values in all business decisions, we prioritize unity in our mission and ensure all SpyCloud employees have the support and benefits they need to stay focused on our goals.

Company info

  • SpyCloud is a place for innovative, collaborative, and problem-solvers to thrive. Individually, we're amazing, but together, we're unstoppable. We celebrate diversity and various perspectives and aim to create an inclusive and supportive environment for all. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. SpyCloud complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
  • SpyCloud expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment. Improper interference with the ability of SpyCloud's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. SpyCloud shares the right to work and participates in the E-Verify program in all locations.
  • If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us.
  • Our Culture:
  • Our mission is to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground.
  • Together with our customers and partners, we aim to end criminals' ability to profit from stolen information.
  • We're all driven to disrupt the cybercriminal economy as we keep customer accounts safe from compromise.
  • We support a truly worthy and serious mission, but we have fun doing it together.
  • If you are driven, inventive, and collaborative, you'll fit right in.
  • SpyCloud is a place for innovative, collaborative, and problem-solvers to thrive.
  • Individually, we're amazing, but together, we're unstoppable.
  • We celebrate diversity and various perspectives and aim to create an inclusive and supportive environment for all.
  • We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice.
  • All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs.
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