What you get to do in this role
Design, build, and maintain high-quality, scalable, secure cryptographic services meeting FIPS compliance and regulated-environment requirements
Architect and operate mission-critical crypto services with reliability and security as first-class design constraints
Own services end-to-end on Kubernetes in a multi-tenant SaaS environment - deployment, scaling, on-call, incident response
Bring a security mindset to every design review: threat model the feature, not just the happy path — this is a deliberate area we're leveling up as a team
Evaluate where AI/ML has a legitimate role in the crypto/security space — anomaly detection in key usage, ML-assisted certificate lifecycle risk scoring, AI-assisted code review for cryptographic anti-patterns — and separate that from where it's a distraction
Collaborate with product owners, security architects, and platform teams to translate compliance and security requirements into working cryptographic frameworks
Mentor engineers on secure coding, cryptographic pitfalls, and design review rigor
Stay current on cryptographic advancements, including post-quantum readiness, and bring that forward before it's a compliance deadline
Preferred qualifications
Direct experience in cryptography, PKI, key management, or secrets management — certificate lifecycle systems, HSM/KMS integration, or crypto-agility work
Some hands-on AI/ML exposure — not a research background, but real experience applying ML techniques to security/ops problems (anomaly detection, risk scoring, log/telemetry analysis) or critically integrating LLM tooling into engineering workflows
Experience with regulated environments (FIPS 140-2/3, FedRAMP, common criteria, or similar)
Exposure to post-quantum cryptography
Track record mentoring engineers and raising the security bar on a team, not just shipping features
Basic qualifications
8+ years of experience in professional software engineering experience; Java, Go, or a comparable strongly-typed language at production scale
Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OO design, distributed systems tradeoffs
Production experience running services on Kubernetes (deployments, Helm, CI/CD) in a SaaS/multi-tenant environment — this is assumed, not a differentiator
Working understanding of core cryptographic primitives (symmetric/asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, TLS/PKI fundamentals)
Demonstrated security-first engineering habits: secure coding practices, threat modeling, code review discipline
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $149,800 - $262,200, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.
Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
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