Software Engineer, Secrets Infrastructure
Core
Build and operate the cryptographic identity and secrets management foundation for Stripe, including the internal certificate authority and secrets platform.
Role type
Senior IC security infrastructure engineer (PKI/Secrets)
Builds
Certificate authority, secrets management systems, and developer libraries for authentication and identity in distributed systems
Domain
Financial technology + Cryptography/Security Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, system programming (C++/Rust/C#), cryptography, PKI, secret management, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud platforms, debugging, technical writing, on-call management
Preferred skills
Java, Ruby, Python, Kubernetes internals, AWS operations, fully remote work experience
Technologies
Go, Java, Ruby, Python, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS
Responsibilities
Design and implement features in certificate authority and secrets management systems; develop certificate provisioning and secret management integrations for compute platforms; work with engineering teams to design secrets and identity integrations; maintain 99.99%+ availability for critical infrastructure; participate in on-call rotation for critical infrastructure
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC