About the Job
As a Staff Software Engineer focused on Certificate Lifecycle Management, you will provide technical leadership for the architecture and development of capabilities that help enterprises discover, issue, deploy, monitor, renew, rotate and revoke digital certificates across complex environments. This is a highly technical, hands-on engineering role for someone with deep experience in PKI, certificate management or machine identity security. You will work across backend services, APIs, automation workflows and enterprise integrations while helping define the technical direction of Keeper’s certificate management capabilities. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Security, DevOps and Solutions teams to translate complex certificate and infrastructure requirements into secure, scalable and highly automated systems.
Responsibilities
Architect and develop certificate lifecycle management capabilities spanning discovery, inventory, enrollment, issuance, deployment, renewal, rotation and revocation
Design scalable backend services and APIs for managing certificates, machine identities and related cryptographic metadata across enterprise environments
Build certificate discovery and automation workflows across cloud platforms, Kubernetes, web servers, load balancers, databases, network devices and other infrastructure
Design integrations with public and private certificate authorities and enterprise PKI environments
Develop secure workflows for certificate enrollment, key handling, trust validation and certificate deployment
Solve complex engineering challenges involving certificate chains, trust stores, expiration, ownership, policy enforcement and cryptographic compliance
Design systems that support automated certificate renewal and remediation while minimizing operational disruption
Provide technical leadership on PKI architecture, machine identity, cryptographic standards and certificate automation
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership on technical strategy, architecture, requirements and long-term platform direction
Lead technical design reviews, mentor engineers and help establish engineering standards for security-sensitive certificate management capabilities
Evaluate emerging PKI, machine identity and cryptographic technologies and recommend architectural approaches
Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms to improve technical research, software development, debugging, documentation and engineering efficiency
Requirements
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building backend, infrastructure or security-focused systems
Deep hands-on experience with certificate lifecycle management, PKI, machine identity security or a closely related domain
Strong understanding of X.509 certificates, certificate authorities, certificate chains, trust stores, private keys and public key cryptography
Experience with certificate lifecycle operations including discovery, enrollment, issuance, deployment, renewal, rotation, revocation and expiration management
Strong knowledge of certificate and PKI protocols and technologies such as ACME, SCEP, EST, OCSP, CRLs and TLS
Strong backend software engineering experience using languages such as Java, Go, Python, C++, C# or similar
Experience designing scalable APIs, distributed systems and automation workflows
Experience integrating with enterprise PKI systems, certificate authorities, cloud platforms or infrastructure technologies
Strong understanding of secure key handling, authentication, authorization and cryptographic trust
Experience working with cloud-native and enterprise infrastructure environments
Ability to lead architecture discussions and make sound technical tradeoffs across security, scalability, reliability and usability
Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams
Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively to support engineering, research, debugging, prototyping and technical documentation
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building or contributing to a commercial certificate lifecycle management, PKI or machine identity platform
Familiarity with platforms such as Keyfactor, DigiCert, Venafi, AppViewX, Sectigo or similar technologies
Experience with Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services or other enterprise certificate authority environments
Experience automating certificate management across Kubernetes, cloud workloads, CI/CD pipelines, web servers, load balancers or service meshes
Familiarity with hardware security modules, key management systems and cloud key management services
Experience with cryptographic policy, algorithm transitions and crypto-agility initiatives
Experience with non-human identity, secrets management, privileged access management or workload identity
Experience building security-sensitive enterprise SaaS products at scale
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental Life
Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
401K (Roth/Traditional)
A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc.)
Above-market annual bonuses
Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Classification: Exempt
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This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).
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