Staff Software Engineer, Privileged Access Management (PAM) / Password Manager (PWM) - India
Summary
A 12+ year Staff engineer acting as technical anchor and architect for JumpCloud's core platform: owns end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure microservices, writes production code in C#/.NET, Go, and TypeScript, and designs PAM/IDAM solutions (CyberArk, Vault, SCIM) while championing CI/CD, automated testing, and AI-assisted development. Remote within India, with on-call participation expecte
About JumpCloud®
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Position Overview
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience to serve as a technical anchor, system architect, and engineering catalyst for our core platform. In this high-impact role, you will define macro-architectural strategy, author and pitch technical visions to cross-functional leaders, and anchor engineering teams in executing scalable, highly secure microservices. You will blend deep hands-on expertise in .NET, Go, and PAM solutions with strategic leadership in AI-driven development and modern release engineering.
Architectural Leadership & Executive Pitching:
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Architectural Ownership: Own the end-to-end technical vision and architectural decisions for high-throughput, highly available microservices and multi-platform solutions.
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Technical Anchoring: Serve as the primary technical anchor across multiple engineering squads—establishing engineering standards, resolving complex system trade-offs, and mentoring senior engineers.
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Technical Pitches & RFCs: Craft and deliver compelling technical pitches, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and RFCs to convince executive leadership, Product, and Infrastructure partners on strategic platform investments.
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Cross-Functional Alignment: Translate complex business objectives into clear, scalable technical roadmaps while balancing velocity, technical debt, and system stability.
Core Systems & Security Engineering
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Platform Development: Architect and write high-performance production code using C#, .NET (ASP.NET Core / ABP Framework), Go, TypeScript, and gRPC.
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Privileged Access Management (PAM): Design and deploy enterprise PAM/IDAM architectures (CyberArk, BeyondTrust, HashiCorp Vault) and SCIM protocol integrations enforcing Zero Trust and Least Privilege principles.
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Multi-Platform Strategy: Collaborate with the cross-functional teams (e.g., data engineering team) to define data architecture strategy across relational (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DocumentDB) platforms; across environments and similarly collaborative with the infrastructure teams to have better infrastructure strategy in place that targets towards cost-saving on a long-term basis.
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Problem solving & Troubleshooting: Active participation in the incident management process and contributing PIRs, taking ownership/accountability for a quick turn-around to resolve the incident.
Delivery Automation & AI Strategy:
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CI/CD & Quality Rigor: Champion deployment automation across Origin CI, Kargo, and WoK, ensuring comprehensive unit, functional, Playwright E2E, and Performance, Scalability, and Reliability (PSR) testing.
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AI Framework Governance: Pioneer spec-driven AI development by championing the BMAD framework to standardize, govern, and scale AI-assisted coding (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) and reusable skill libraries.
Required Qualifications:
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Experience: 12+ years of progressive software development experience, with a proven track record operating as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Lead Architect in enterprise product environments.
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Architectural Mastery: Demonstrated history of making company-level architectural decisions, pitching complex technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders, and anchoring multi-team initiatives.
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Core Tech Stack: Advanced proficiency in C#, .NET (ABP framework), Go, gRPC, TypeScript, and database engineering (PostgreSQL / DocumentDB).
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Security & Infrastructure: Hands-on expertise in Privileged Access Management (PAM), SCIM, AWS/GCP cloud platforms, and Kubernetes.
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Testing & Release: Expertise in continuous delivery pipelines, PSR non-functional testing, and automated E2E testing frameworks (Playwright).
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- Are you fluent and able to conduct business in the English Language (both spoken and written)?
- What is your current notice period? We define notice period as the length of time for you to start your new role upon signing an offer letter.
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- Do you currently live in India?
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