Senior Backend .NET Engineer | Cloud, Distributed Systems, Identity | Hybrid 2-3 days a week onsite

About CyberArk:
CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), is the global leader in Identity Security. Centered on privileged access management, CyberArk provides the most comprehensive security offering for any identity – human or machine – across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud workloads and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. The world’s leading organizations trust CyberArk to help secure their most critical assets. To learn more about CyberArk, visit our CyberArk blogs or follow us on X, LinkedIn or Facebook.

We’re hiring a Senior Backend .NET Engineer who thrives on solving hard, distributed-systems problems: scaling authentication flows, building fault-tolerant services, reducing latency, improving throughput, and modernizing core platform architecture.

If you enjoy shaping foundational systems, influencing direction, and working at a company where engineering excellence is expected — this may be your next step.

What you’ll work on:

• Architect and build distributed backend services in .NET

• Evolve identity-platform components powering global enterprise workloads

• Optimize performance, stability, and scalability across services

• Design and build new capabilities using modern patterns and cloud-native practices

• Lead deep debugging, profiling, load analysis, and system-level investigation

• Collaborate with platform, product, and cloud teams to shape architecture direction

• Mentor and up-level engineers around you

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What you bring:

• 5+ years backend development with .NET in enterprise or large-scale systems

• Cloud experience (AWS or GCP preferred)

• Understanding of distributed systems concepts (caching, resiliency, failover, async patterns, load balancing)

• Experience with identity/auth standards (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, WS-Fed)

• Experience building and integrating RESTful APIs

Nice to have (not required):

Active Directory experience, performance engineering, or experience in identity/security environments.

Work Model:
Hybrid (2–3 days/week onsite) — Santa Clara, CA
Relocation is not available at this time.

If you’re looking for meaningful ownership, deep engineering challenges, and the opportunity to build platform-level architecture that millions depend on — we’d love to talk.

CyberArk 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. 

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.

The salary range for this position is $116,000 – $170,000/year, plus 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.