Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Software Engineer (Cloud API) role sits at a core SaaS intersection: cloud-native services that integrate with major public-cloud platforms and third‑party SaaS APIs, while operating under security constraints. Work centered on discovering and classifying sensitive data across AWS, GCP, Azure and SaaS applications reflects a mature category where product value depends on reliability, interoperability, and trust at scale.
From a SaaS career perspective, the scope builds durable strengths in distributed systems that are directly portable across modern B2B software companies: designing microservices, operating Kubernetes-based workloads, and making data pipelines resilient under real-world load. The emphasis on performance analysis, fault tolerance, and “secure-by-design” engineering also maps to common SaaS expectations as products move upmarket and face stricter customer security reviews.
The position is best suited to engineers who like working close to platform fundamentals—APIs, infrastructure, and data-intensive services—rather than purely UI or feature-layer development. It will fit someone comfortable balancing architectural decisions with hands-on delivery, and who values collaboration across time zones in a remote-friendly setup.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced software engineer to help drive and evolve our data security product. Our technology is new and rapidly evolving: you’ll be an early contributor with a substantial impact on the architecture and be solving multiple exciting technical challenges!
What you’ll do
You'll design and implement highly scalable and fault-tolerant solutions to discover and detect sensitive data across public clouds (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and SaaS applications.
You'll be solving real-world scaling problems that require thorough performance analysis and troubleshooting skills
You get to work with a modern and constantly evolving microservices-based software stack which includes Go, Kubernetes, BigTable, BigQuery, Spanner, Redis, Docker, and more.
You'll write robust and secure-by-design hardened software that must withstand real-world attacks, while processing untrusted data and communicating with hundreds of thousands of endpoints over the internet.
Located in Bangalore (Bengaluru), India
Who you are
Data Integration at Scale: You are skilled in integrating and ingesting large-scale data from third-party SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS APIs.
Programming Skills: You have extensive experience developing enterprise-scale applications in Golang.
Database Proficiency: Familiarity with GCP BigTable, BigQuery, or graph databases like Neo4J or AWS Neptune is a plus.
Performance Optimization: You have expertise in profiling and optimizing distributed code that interacts with large databases and streaming platforms.
API and Microservices Development: You are experienced in designing and implementing RESTful APIs, with hands-on knowledge of microservices and Kubernetes.
Communication Skills: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and are available to frequently collaborate with distributed teams across Europe, India, and the US.
Adaptability and Delivery: You thrive in fast-paced environments, tackle ambiguous challenges with confidence, and enjoy shipping solutions with velocity.
Customer-Centric Mindset: You prioritize the needs of customers and value direct feedback to enhance products and services.
Joining Cyberhaven is a chance to revolutionize data security. Traditional tools fall short, but we’ve reimagined protection with AI-enabled data lineage that analyzes billions of workflows to understand data, detect risk, and stop threats. Backed by $250M from leading investors like Khosla and Redpoint, our team includes leaders who built industry-defining technologies at CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Meta, Google, and more. This role lets you shape the future of data security, alongside experts driven to help customers protect their most valuable information.
Cyberhaven is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
