Software Engineering Team Lead – Identity Platform (.NET / Distributed Systems) - Hybrid (2–3 days onsite, Santa Clara, CA)

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Join CyberArk as Software Engineering Team Lead – Identity Platform and help shape the future of identity security. In this hands-on leadership role, you’ll guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable, secure solutions that power our global platform. If you thrive on solving complex distributed systems challenges and want to make an impact at massive scale, this is your opportunity.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead the design and development of highly scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems.
• Set technical direction, guide architecture decisions, and ensure alignment with long-term platform strategy.
• Own and drive complex engineering initiatives end-to-end—from design through production deployment.
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, observability, security, and performance.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, code reviews, technical mentorship, and growth opportunities for team members.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous technical improvement.
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Partner with SRE, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure system reliability and operational excellence.
• Guide the team through iterative development cycles with strong attention to scalability, performance, and supportability.
• Lead technical discussions, drive consensus, and communicate decisions effectively across teams.
• Apply automation and test-driven development practices to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system issues found internally or in customer environments.
• Work with Support teams to handle escalations and ensure customer-impacting issues are addressed promptly.
• Continuously evaluate system performance and lead efforts to optimize and scale the platform.

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Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years building large-scale, cloud-based systems.
• 2+ years in a technical leadership role (Team Lead, Tech Lead, or similar).
• Strong expertise in .NET / .NET Core and distributed systems design.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis.
• Familiarity with identity and authentication standards (OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML) is a plus.
• Solid understanding of security best practices and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with performance tuning, profiling, and scalability optimization preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence architecture decisions.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers and driving high-quality delivery.

Additional Information

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 $136,000 – $200,000/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, den