Principal Software Engineer, Platform Engineering & Edge Infrastructure

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Principal Software Engineer driving Saviynt's AI‑powered identity platform infrastructure. Owns design, automation, and operation of cloud and edge deployments, applying AI‑assisted tooling to ensure scalability, reliability and security.

Role Snapshot

• Principal‑level platform engineer
• Hybrid (Milpitas, CA)
• Full‑time
• AI‑enabled infrastructure
• Edge & cloud deployment automation

Must-Have Requirements

• Kubernetes
• Cloud‑native platforms
• Terraform
• Helm
• Ansible
• ArgoCD
• GitHub Actions
• Linux systems administration
• Distributed networking
• Service mesh
• DNS
• Load balancing
• TLS
• Infrastructure automation
• AI‑assisted development tools
• CI/CD pipeline design
• Platform engineering
• DevOps / SRE
• Kubernetes at enterprise scale
• Edge & cloud deployments

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Observability platforms
• AI SDLC best practices
• Familiarity with AI agents and MCP
• AI‑assisted development
• Observability engineering

Work Setup

• Location: Milpitas, USA
• Work mode: HYBRID
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Relocation
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design and operate cloud and edge infrastructure for global enterprise deployments
• Automate provisioning, certificate lifecycle, secrets management and secure configuration distribution
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, release automation and upgrade orchestration for cloud, edge and endpoint components
• Create highly available, fail‑closed architectures with resilient policy synchronization
• Develop observability stacks covering logging, metrics, tracing, health monitoring and audit pipelines
• Drive platform scalability, reliability, disaster recovery and security posture
• Apply AI‑assisted engineering practices across infrastructure, deployment automation and operations
• Evaluate emerging AI infrastructure technologies to boost productivity and efficiency

Good Fit If You Have

• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Leadership mindset without direct people‑management responsibilities
• Passion for AI‑augmented development and automation