Staff/Principal Software Engineer (AI Security)

The role

This person will architect, extend, and optimize a large-scale, fault-tolerant system for processing AI-related events. They will set technical direction for securing data flowing into and out of AI models and GenAI applications.

What you will do

• Architect, extend, and optimize a large-scale, highly scalable, fault-tolerant system
• Set technical direction for how Cyberhaven secures data flowing into and out of AI models, GenAI applications, and agents
• Architect and implement security features that protect customer data end-to-end
• Solve real-world scaling problems through performance analysis and troubleshooting
• Work with a microservices based stack including Go, Kubernetes, BigTable, BigQuery, Spanner, Redis, Docker, and Etcd
• Design and build connectors that integrate at the API level with SaaS and AI platforms
• Write secure-by-design, hardened software
• Raise the technical bar through architecture reviews and mentorship of senior/staff engineers

Required qualifications

• Strong track record building backends used at scale
• Deep, hands-on experience developing large applications in Go
• Experience operating databases at very large scale
• Experience profiling and optimizing distributed code that uses large databases and streaming platforms
• Hands-on production experience with microservices and Kubernetes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Available to frequently communicate with distributed teams in Europe and the US
• Based in India or the EU

Nice to have

• Knowledge of GCP services (BigTable, BigQuery, Spanner)
• Experience building connectors that integrate at the API level with SaaS applications, especially with AI/LLM platforms

About the company

Cyberhaven is redefining data security by tracing how sensitive data moves across endpoints, cloud, SaaS, and AI tools and agents. The team is backed by $250M from investors like Khosla and Redpoint.