Principal Engineer Cryptography
Core
Define requirements and guide the evolution of GoDaddy's Certificate Authority (CA) platform, focusing on post-quantum cryptography readiness, certificate lifecycle automation, and CA infrastructure resilience.
Role type
Principal Compliance Engineer - PKI (Strategy & Technical Leadership)
Builds
Next-generation cryptographic systems, CA platform capabilities, and compliance automation frameworks
Domain
Cybersecurity / PKI / Cryptography
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
PKI architecture, applied cryptography, requirements translation, distributed systems, API design, cloud infrastructure, compliance engineering, technical leadership
Preferred skills
Post-quantum cryptography research, security audit processes, DevSecOps, cryptographic libraries, test automation
Technologies
Go, Python, Java, C++, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, OpenSSL, BoringSSL, HSM, ACME, Certificate Transparency, OCSP, CT logs
Responsibilities
Participate in standards bodies (IETF) for TLS/SSL; conduct technical assessments of CA infrastructure; define requirements for certificate issuance pipelines and HSM integrations; research and specify post-quantum cryptographic algorithms; lead architecture reviews and mentor engineers on PKI concepts; partner with security teams on threat modeling and vulnerability management.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic requirements development
