Staff Data Platform Software Engineer, Graph — Veza

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Staff Data Platform Software Engineer, Graph — VezaFull-timeEmployee Type: RegularRegion: AMS - North America and CanadaWork Persona: FlexibleCompany DescriptionVeza is the pioneer in identity security, purpose-built to answer the fundamental question enterprises face: who can and should take what action on what data. Veza's Access Graph platform maps an organization's entire identity ecosystem  across users, groups, roles, policies, permissions, and resources  providing deep visibility and control over human, non-human, and agentic identities across SaaS, cloud, on-prem, and custom applications. With over 30 billion access permissions under management, global enterprises including Blackstone, Expedia, and Wynn Resorts trust Veza to manage privileged access monitoring, non-human identity security, access entitlement management, and next-generation identity governance. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Veza is now part of the ServiceNow family, with the acquisition closing in March 2026. The combination brings together Veza's AI-native Access Graph with ServiceNow's AI Control Tower and agentic workflows, enabling organizations to enforce end-to-end identity security rooted in the principle of least privilege across applications, data, cloud environments, and AI agents.  For engineers joining Veza today, this means the scale and resources of an enterprise platform company, with the product velocity and mission-driven focus of a security innovator at a pivotal moment in the industry.Job DescriptionWe are looking for a passionate Staff Data Platform Software Engineer to join Veza’s Graph team. You will play a key role in designing, improving, and maintaining the robust and scalable code behind the Veza Access Graph, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to shape the future of our products and deliver exceptional identity and access management experiences to our customers. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of a high-impact startup while working on cutting-edge technologies! What you will doDevelop, maintain and scale Graph features to directly and indirectly support actionable customer intelligence across various products.Drive the performance, scalability, and reliability of the backend services and APIs for our platform.Collaborate with product managers, other software engineers, and security experts to build product features that meet business objectives and security standards.Continuously optimize and improve your work through code and design reviews, testing, and refactoring.Implement logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities to ensure visibility and compliance with regulatory requirements and operational health metrics.Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies across different fields and leverage them to drive innovation and improve our platform.QualificationsExperience:Proven experience (minimum 8+ years) in professional backend software development with a focus on data modeling, data management, identity, security, or related areas.A history with the development of databases, storage layers, query engines or adjacent tooling.Experience with complex relational data models in OLAP systems and/or graph database systems such as Neo4j.Deep knowledge of relational algebra and graph algorithms.A familiarity with caching mechanisms and distributed systems.A proven ability to develop and test code in one or more modern backend programming languages such as Golang or Kotlin.Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs in microservice architectures.Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.You Are:An excellent problem-solver with high attention to detail.Someone who can work both independently and collaboratively in a...