Principal Software Engineer Generation API & AI Platform Architecture Austin, Texas

Lots of tech firms offer a fun place to work, but at Spy Cloud, that’s only one part of the equation. Members of #Team Spy Cloud  share a common purpose and a fantastic culture of collaboration and innovation.

Spy Clouders come to work everyday with the mission to disrupt cybercrime. We’re driven to stay one step ahead of criminals attempting to profit from stolen data. You won’t meet a smarter, more focused group of people than the ones you’ll find at Spy Cloud.

If you’re an inventive, creative problem-solver looking to up your game, energized by collaborating with the very best and brightest to prevent cybercrime, and passionate about making the internet safer together – apply to join our team!

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spy Cloud is home to more than 200 cybersecurity experts who aim to make the internet a safer place with automated solutions that help organizations combat cybercrime.

Spy Cloud protects people and organizations from identity-based attacks, including account takeover, session hijacking, ransomware, and online fraud. We’re on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list and have been a Top 10 Austin Business Journal Best Place to Work multiple years in a row. Our customers include 8 of the Fortune 10, along with hundreds of other companies from around the world – household names who trust Spy Cloud to protect their employees and consumers.

Our customers are threatened by actors who live to cause harm. Everything we do aims to stop these injustices.

We’re measured by what we discover and prevent. Our solutions solve real challenges in customers’ lives.

We live to act, because threats never sleep. We’re also optimists who inspire each other to reach our goals.

We ask questions, seek the real issues, and reduce the noise to actionable truths.

Curiosity is a necessity for us. We thirst for puzzles that prove our mettle.

Individually we’re awesome. Together we’re unstoppable. Our best ideas happen when we pool our perspectives.

We believe happy and supported employees are the most productive. Spy Cloud offers a range of benefits, perks and programs to help our team live well and do their best work.

We offer generous PTO and a remote-friendly culture.

Our talented employees enjoy competitive salaries and equity.

Investing in the future of our employees is a no-brainer.

We’re only as strong as the communities we’re a part of and giving back is in our DNA.

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Spy Cloud is an equal opportunity workplace. We eagerly seek applicants of diverse background and hire without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law. We also take the security of our applicants information seriously. Spy Cloud will only reach out via email provided to schedule next steps and will not call or text an applicant before the email communication.

Austin, Texas | Remote

Spy Cloud is on a mission to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground. Spy Cloud’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 Spy Cloud a special place to work. If you’re driven to align your career with a fantastic mission, look no further!

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the hands‑on architecture and development of our next‑generation data and intelligence APIs. This role is deeply technical and execution‑focused, responsible for defining API contracts, building production services, and architecting the platform interfaces high‑performance throughput, agentic workflows and external customer integrations.

You will operate at the intersection of distributed systems, data platforms, and agentic orchestration, ensuring our APIs are scalable, governed, observable, and designed for…