engineering
Posted 1 weeks agoPrincipal Software Engineer – Next-Generation API & AI Platform Architecture
at SpyCloud
Austin, United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement customer-facing data and intelligence APIs with clear versioning, SLAs, and backward compatibility.
- Define and enforce API contracts for:
- 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.
- Ensure proper lifecycle management, monitoring, and rollback mechanisms for ML-powered endpoints.
- 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.
- 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.
- Design high-throughput, low-latency services supporting batch and streaming workloads.
- 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.
- Mentor engineers on API design, distributed systems, and ML integration patterns.
- Influence platform direction through technical depth rather than organizational authority Requirements: 10+ years of
Requirements
- Next-Generation API Architecture
- Agentic & ML Platform Integration
- experience designing and implementing customer-facing APIs as long-lived products.
- Strong understanding of schema governance, versioning strategies, and contract design. •
- Experience productionizing ML models and exposing inference services. •
- Strong background in distributed systems reliability, observability, and scalability.
- 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 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). •
- Experience building high-performance APIs and service layers over heterogeneous data systems.
- Familiarity with Databricks/Snowflake and/or SageMaker is a plus. •
- Experience in cybersecurity, identity, fraud, or risk systems is a plus.
- SpyCloud transforms recaptured darknet data to disrupt cybercrime.
- Its automated identity threat protection solutions use advanced analytics and AI to accelerate investigations and protect workforce, consumer, and supplier identities from the threats that matter most: authentication bypass, session hijacking, malicious insiders, account takeover, ransomware, and fraud.
Benefits
- Base Salary Range: $181,000 – $235,000
- 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. U.S.-Based
- Benefits + Perks (for Full Time Employees):
- 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:
- 401(k) with Employer Contribution
- 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 U.K.-Based
- 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 About SpyCloud:
- 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.
- Compensation Transparency Policy:
- At SpyCloud, we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation.
- We strive to ensure that all employees are fairly compensated for their contributions, and we openly discuss our compensation philosophy and structure.
- We are committed to providing competitive salaries and
- benefits packages to attract and retain top talent, and we encourage open dialogue and feedback regarding compensation matters.
Contact
- To learn more and see insights on your company's exposed data, visit spycloud.com . Our Mission:
- Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing SpyCloud should email careers@spycloud.com .
Additional details
- SpyCloud is on a mission to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground.
- 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.
- If you’re driven to align your career with a fantastic mission, look no further!
- *The ideal candidate for this role would work hybrid (2 days per week) in our Austin, Texas headquarters.
- We are also open to candidates who are remote in the United States, but can travel to our headquarters 1-2 times per quarter*
- 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 long-term evolution.
- This is a hands-on engineering role with architectural authority. What You'll Do:
- Agentic workflows (tools, actions, state transitions, handoffs)