Software Engineering Manager Machine Identity Control Plane hybrid in Santa Clara CA

Job Description

Lead the engineering team building the distributed Control Plane behind Cyber Ark’s Machine Identity platform, delivering cloud-scale services that secure certificate lifecycle and identity workflows across global infrastructure.

This is a hands‑on Engineering Manager role operating at the platform layer. You will guide engineers across backend and frontend domains while shaping architecture decisions, service boundaries, and long‑term scalability across distributed microservices.

You will partner closely with product, architecture, and platform teams to drive execution on high‑impact systems that power real‑time identity operations, automation tooling, and secure cloud‑native services. The role blends technical leadership, system design thinking, and people leadership to build resilient platform experiences used by enterprises operating at massive scale.

• Lead and mentor a high‑impact engineering team delivering Control Plane capabilities across distributed cloud systems.
• Serve as a hands‑on technical leader guiding architecture discussions, platform design decisions, and engineering execution.
• Drive delivery of scalable backend and frontend platform services supporting certificate lifecycle management and identity workflows.
• Partner with Product Management, UX, and Engineering Leadership to align technical direction with long‑term platform strategy.
• Define clear engineering goals, execution plans, and delivery expectations across distributed teams.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence through coaching, feedback, and career development.
• Help engineers navigate complex architectural challenges across microservices, cloud infrastructure, and Control Plane workflows.
• Promote modern engineering practices that enable autonomous decision making and scalable collaboration.
• Remove blockers, improve cross‑team execution, and drive continuous improvement across platform development.

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience.
• Strong background building modern, scalable backend and/or web platform applications.
• Experience working with distributed systems, cloud‑native architectures, or platform services.
• Curiosity and passion for security fundamentals, especially x509, PKI, and certificate issuance protocols such as ACME and SCEP. You enjoy reading RFCs and delivering robust, end‑to‑end solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and leadership teams.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and build deep domain expertise in machine identity security.

Cyber Ark is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

The salary range for this position is $201,/year, plus equity and discretionary bonus, which will be based on the employee’s performance. Base pay may also vary considerably depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.