Staff Software Engineer

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Job Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced curious and driven software engineer to join a growing area of our business. Workload Identity presents a huge opportunity to change the way that communication between services is secured. It is also a challenging area which touches on many different foundational pieces of modern software development networking security authorization SDKs cloud Kubernetes and much more.

We are looking for a high-performing engineer with broad experience across security networking cloud and more ideally with specific experience related to the area of Workload Identity. This role has a lot of scope for growth and will require being adaptable as we move through the product development lifecycle and grow the team.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop software to solve Workload Identity challenges from prototyping to production and including client and server.

• Develop shape lead mentor and collaborate with a close-knit team.

• Work with stakeholders (internal and external) to discuss ideas present work that has been done discuss priorities and particular bringing the technical point of view on what is possible and what is easier or harder.

• Act as the teams technical lead splitting up work for others and guiding them through implementation.

Qualifications

• Strong software development background including design architecture implementation and testing

• Knowledge of software development in Golang

• Advanced knowledge / experience in some/all of networking security cloud Kubernetes encryption PKI JWT SPIFFE

• Experience solving problems at enterprise scale performance and quality standards

• Experience leading a software development team and mentoring others (with our without line management experience)

• Experience in product development and working with product managers and field teams

• Above all else we are looking for someone to bring their unique skills and experience. If this challenge appeals to you then please apply and tell us about your strengths even if they dont align with those listed here.

Our Commitment

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