What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Software Engineer/ Product Architect position at Fortinet?
We are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer / Product Architect to lead the technical direction of FortiCNAPP's Customer Administration Platform. You will be a key technical leader, shaping architecture, guiding engineers, and collaborating across product, and infrastructure teams to build highly available and secure systems for customer identity, onboarding automation, and lifecycle management at global scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design of distributed, cloud-native backend systems for authentication, onboarding, and tenant lifecycle automation.
- Drive the evolution of FortiCNAPP's authentication, authorization, and identity management systems to enable tighter integration with the broader Fortinet ecosystem.
- Design and deliver scalable onboarding automation for multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), ensuring frictionless customer self-deployment.
- Play a pivotal role in architecting and designing end-to-end customer lifecycle management capabilities, including license management, tenant provisioning, and data retention strategies.
- Define and execute the long-term roadmap for a unified customer communication system that empowers teams to manage engagement, deliver critical updates, and integrate communications seamlessly across the FortiCNAPP platform.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (DevOps, QA, PM, Security) to ensure system reliability, observability, and compliance.
- Take on a technical lead role, mentoring engineers, shaping design and architecture, and building a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement across the team.
- Champion best practices in system design, API governance, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud cost optimization.
Requirements
- 10 years of experience in software engineering for cloud-based, distributed systems, including 5 years in a technical leadership role.
- Experience bridging UI/UX thinking with large-scale backend system design, candidates with strong front-end foundations who can architect complex systems are highly encouraged.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization/orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and backend frameworks (Python, Go, Java, etc.).
- Proven experience designing and scaling identity, access control, and lifecycle management systems.
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation) and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid foundation in relational databases (MySQL, Postgres) and data modeling for multi-tenant systems.
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and mentoring skills, ability to lead through influence across distributed teams.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating enterprise identity providers (SAML, OAuth, OIDC, SCIM) with large-scale SaaS products.
- Familiarity with Fortinet, Lacework, or similar cybersecurity platforms.
- Background in cloud governance, cost optimization, and compliance.
- Track record of driving end-to-end program delivery across multiple product and infrastructure teams.
Why Join Us
You'll be joining a core platform team shaping how enterprises connect and secure their cloud environments in FortiCNAPP. We're building the foundation for seamless onboarding, unified identity integration, and intelligent lifecycle automation which empowers customers to onboard in minutes, identify coverage gaps, and achieve full protection.
You'll have significant technical ownership, global impact, and opportunities to shape the architecture that powers thousands of enterprise tenants.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $212,000-$259,000. Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time, as well as a comprehensive leave program.
Wage ranges are based on various factors, including the labour market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program. Bonus eligibility is reviewed at the time of hire and annually at the Company's discretion.
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