Senior Backend Engineer - Security

DigiCert Inc

Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Base: $150,000-$175,000; bonus/equity: not specifi...
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Distributed systems mastery
Go or rust experience
Spiffe/spire, pki, mtls
** DigiCert is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with a focus on security to develop the core infrastructure for AI agents, ensuring identity and governance in a "Zero Trust" environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building distributed systems, security protocols, and cloud-native environments. **

Job Summary

  • You will build the core security infrastructure that defines how agents are identified and controlled.
  • Architect and build the Identity Foundation: Design and own a cryptographically secure identity system that serves as the "source of truth" for all AI workloads.
  • Shape the Technical Culture: You will select our core stack, define our engineering standards, and help build the team.

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** DigiCert is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with a focus on security to develop the core infrastructure for AI agents, ensuring identity and governance in a "Zero Trust" environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building distributed systems, security protocols, and cloud-native environments. **

Salary

Base: $150,000-$175,000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Top shelf benefits, Education, wellness and lifestyle support

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Distributed systems mastery
  • Go or Rust experience
  • SPIFFE/SPIRE, PKI, mTLS
  • Kubernetes (K8s) expertise
  • Envoy Proxy, Service Meshes
  • Open Policy Agent (OPA)
  • AWS, GCP, or Azure deployment
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Nice-to-have

  • AI Agents experience
  • LLM APIs experience
  • Bias for shipping
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Observability stacks

Key Requirements

  • Systems-level languages (like Go or Rust)
  • Hands-on experience with SPIFFE/SPIRE, PKI, and mTLS
  • Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s)
  • Experience with Envoy Proxy, Service Meshes (Istio/Linkerd), and Open Policy Agent (OPA)
  • Experience deploying and securing production workloads on AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Comfortable with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana) from scratch

Work Rights

Not specified

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