Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Cloud Development Engineer role sits at the infrastructure layer of SaaS delivery, supporting a managed cloud services line tied to virtual apps and desktops. In the current SaaS landscape—where reliability, security, and multi-cloud portability shape customer trust—work that spans AWS, Azure, and GCP is especially relevant. The remit also touches hybrid deployment realities (cloud, on‑prem, and mixed environments), which remain common for enterprise SaaS buyers.
From a SaaS career perspective, the position offers durable experience in how cloud products are engineered and operated at scale: infrastructure as code, disciplined engineering practices (testing, monitoring, documentation), and collaboration with product, DevOps, and security functions. Those are transferable foundations for platform engineering, SRE-adjacent paths, or cloud product development roles across many SaaS categories, particularly where uptime and secure access are core to the value proposition.
The role is best suited to engineers who prefer systems-level problem solving and enjoy shaping “how” software runs, not just “what” it does. It will appeal to professionals comfortable working across teams in an Agile setup and who want their technical decisions to influence operability, resilience, and security in production cloud services.
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
Job Description
Citrix -- the recognized leader in VDI, Desktop-as-a-Service and application delivery solutions -- empowers enterprises of all sizes and industries to enable secure hybrid and remote working, from anywhere, using any device. Our platform delivers high-performance user experience, zero trust security and operational cost efficiency regardless whether customers require cloud, on-premises or hybrid deployment. By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to build cutting-edge solutions for 100 million people worldwide to securely access their desktops, applications and SaaS and web apps.
You are a Senior Cloud Development Engineer who has a proven understanding of programming paradigms and constructs, data structures, algorithms, scripting languages, and frameworks as well as a passion for solving sophisticated problems. If a fast-paced multifaceted environment in which you deliver innovative solutions to enable our customers to transform their business sounds exciting, we may have just the job for you!
Position Overview
The position within CVAD (Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops) will focus on the development of Citrix-Managed Cloud Services product line, which will present you with a unique opportunity to expand problem-solving situations that will become an invaluable individual career asset, such as knowledge on Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, Vmware, XenServer and etc. It also comprises infrastructure-management with IAC tools like Terraform and Ansible. Our team culture is a unique blend that combines the structured vision and process maturity of a well-established software company with the dynamism and vibrancy of a small startup.
Role Responsibilities
Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Design, DevOps and Product Security teams to understand requirements for software development in a Scaled Agile environment
Compose and maintain detailed design specifications and component documents.
Design alongside a team of engineers focusing on 'design first' thinking while incorporating different end user personas.
Embrace and implement Agile development framework and methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban, etc.).
Embrace and institute best practices and coding standards (e.g. code reviews, logging and monitoring, code coverage, unit, integration tests) within the team.
Basic Qualifications
BS or MS degree or equivalent in a technical field preferred.
3-5 years of object oriented programming experience with a strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals (Data Structures, Algorithms, Networking, Operating Systems)
Experience with cloud computing technologies e.g. Microsoft Azure(Azure Service Fabric, Azure Service Bus), AWS, GCP required
IAC Tools like Terraform and Ansible
Preferred Qualifications
About Us:
Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please contact us via the Bridge portal for assistance.
