Senior Software Engineer - Security Platform

<h3>Accountabilities</h3><li>Design, build, deploy, and operate secure, highly resilient distributed systems for secrets and key management.</li><li>Strengthen and re-architect internal public key infrastructure (PKI), machine identity, and workload identity systems.</li><li>Develop infrastructure and developer tools that enable engineering teams to build and deliver products securely and efficiently.</li><li>Take operational ownership of the systems you build, including monitoring, troubleshooting, reliability improvements, maintenance, and incident response.</li><li>Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to critical infrastructure and security incidents.</li><li>Support internal developers in adopting security services and integrating them correctly into their applications and systems.</li><li>Consult on the architecture and design of new systems and products to ensure security is incorporated from the beginning.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve the security, resilience, scalability, and usability of internal infrastructure.</li><li>Collaborate with engineers across multiple teams to establish effective security patterns and engineering practices.</li><li>Contribute technical knowledge, lessons learned, and improvements to help raise the overall engineering and security capabilities of the organization.</li><li>Use modern development and AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate problem-solving while maintaining high standards for security, quality, and reliability.</li><h2>Requirements</h2><li>Significant professional experience in software development and distributed systems design.</li><li>Strong Linux/UNIX system administration skills and experience troubleshooting production infrastructure.</li><li>Deep practical security engineering experience, with an emphasis on implementing secure systems rather than policy, audit, or compliance.</li><li>Strong understanding of distributed architectures, infrastructure reliability, system security, and operational best practices.</li><li>Ability to take ownership of complex technical problems and work independently in ambiguous environments.</li><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to advise engineers and influence technical decisions across teams.</li><li>Willingness and ability to participate in an on-call rotation supporting production systems.</li><li>Experience contributing to open-source security or distributed-systems projects is a plus.</li><li>Background in cryptography and the ability to work with cryptosystems at the primitives level is highly desirable.</li><li>Experience with hardware security technologies such as HSMs, TPMs, or trusted execution environments, including AMD SEV, Intel SGX, or Apple Secure Enclave, is advantageous.</li><li>Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao, or comparable secrets-management platforms is a plus.</li><li>Experience with Go and/or Python, particularly for infrastructure or security applications, is beneficial.</li><li>Familiarity with Salt or similar infrastructure automation technologies is an advantage.</li><li>Comfort working with AI-assisted development tools and critically reviewing AI-generated code, designs, and technical outputs.</li><li>A builder mindset, strong curiosity, and willingness to challenge established approaches and continuously improve systems.</li><h2>Benefits</h2><li>Estimated annual salary of<strong>$194,000–$266,000 USD</strong>for California-based hires.</li><li>Estimated annual salary of<strong>$168,000–$231,000 USD</strong>for Colorado-based hires.</li><li>Estimated annual salary of<strong>$185,000–$254,000 USD</strong>for New York, Washington, and Washington DC-based hires.</li><li>Compensation may vary based on geographic location, experience, skills, and other job-related factors.</li><li>Eligibility to participate in an equity compensation plan.</li><li>Medical and prescription drug insurance.</li><li>Dental and vision insurance.</li><li>Flexible Spending Accounts and commuter spending benefits.</li><li>Fertility and family-forming benefits.</li><li>On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program.</li><li>Global travel medical insurance.</li><li>Short- and long-term disability coverage.</li><li>Life and accident insurance.</li><li>401(k) retirement savings plan.</li><li>Employee stock participation opportunities.</li><li>Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave.</li><li>Parental, pregnancy, medical, and bereavement leave programs.</li><li>Remote/distributed working environment with opportunities to collaborate across a globally distributed engineering organization.</li><li>Opportunities to work on highly complex security infrastructure operating at global scale.</li><li>An inclusive workplace committed to equal employment opportunity and diverse perspectives.</li><li>Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.</li><li>Candidates progressing to the offer stage may be asked to attend an in-person interview at an office or hub.</li><li>Certain positions or assignments may require authorization to access technology subject to U.S. export control regulations.</li>