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Staff Software Engineer, Platform Cryptography

Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, us💼 Full-time💰 $166,500–$166,500🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architect and deliver enterprise-scale security solutions integrating cryptographic systems with machine learning and reasoning engines for key management, PKI, and secrets infrastructure.

Role type

Staff AI Security & Crypto Engineer

Builds

Intelligent, adaptive security systems for cryptographic backbone services (certificate lifecycle, key management, secrets distribution, workload identity) in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.

Domain

Enterprise Security / Cryptography / AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Applied cryptography, machine learning depth, distributed systems design, Kubernetes operations, secure coding practices, threat modeling

Preferred skills

PKI and secrets management, HSM/KMS integration, anomaly detection in key usage, LLM tooling integration, post-quantum cryptography, regulated environment experience (FIPS/FedRAMP)

Technologies

Java, Go, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD, FIPS 140-2/3

Responsibilities

Design and maintain scalable cryptographic services meeting FIPS compliance; operate mission-critical crypto services with reliability and security as first-class constraints; evaluate legitimate AI/ML roles in crypto/security (e.g., anomaly detection, risk scoring); mentor engineers on secure coding and design review rigor.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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