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Rubrik · 6 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer - API Infrastructure

positionPalo Alto, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$244K/yr - $342K/yr
date10+ years exp

Rubrik is a Security and AI Operations Company that focuses on data protection and enterprise AI acceleration. The role involves leading the development of the API infrastructure, working closely with product managers and engineers to define and drive best practices for API design, scalability, and security.

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Responsibilities

Work with product managers and customer solution architects to understand the API and integration needs of our most sophisticated customers
Architect and lead the implementation of our next-generation API infrastructure (GraphQL, REST), defining and driving best practices for design, scalability, security, performance, and overall API hygiene
Provide technical leadership to engineers working on the API layer, and identify new and emerging technologies for adoption
Foster a culture of quality, technical curiosity, continuous improvement, design thinking, and data-driven decision making
Represent the User Access organization within Rubrik's Technical Leadership community

Qualification

API design principlesGraphQLRESTSoftware engineeringOpenAPISwaggerScalaGoPythonSecurity best practicesPerformance optimizationDeveloper experienceContinuous improvementTechnical leadership

Required

10+ years of software engineering, with deep expertise in APIs and middle-tier services built for scale, speed, and high availability
Deep, working knowledge of API design principles and best practices (GraphQL, REST, OpenAPI, Swagger)
Experienced in leading the development of web frameworks, SDKs, and APIs at an enterprise scale, considering security, performance, and developer experience
Ability and desire to get your hands dirty with Scala, Go, Python, and other technologies as needed

Preferred

Hands-on familiarity with scaling GraphQL schemas (e.g., migration from a monolithic schema to GraphQL Federation)

Benefits

Bonus potential
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Company

Rubrik

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Rubrik is a data security platform that delivers cyber resilience, cyber posture, and cyber recovery solutions.
dateFounded in 2014
location
Palo Alto, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
http://rubrik.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (81)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.55B
Key Investors
MicrosoftMeros Equity Global ManagementBain Capital Ventures
2025-05-11Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-10-08Post Ipo Secondary
2024-04-25IPO

Leadership Team

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Arvind Nithrakashyap
Co-Founder & CTO
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Filip Verloy
Field CTO EMEA
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