{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e26f44b8239b8f46d253255a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e26f44b8239b8f46d253255a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e26f44b8239b8f46d253255a","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Cryptographic Backend (Go)","description":"Introduction As an individual contributor in the Vault Cryptosec team, you will be part of a high-performing team responsible for advancing the product's security, scalability, and enterprise readiness for our self-managed offerings. You will drive Engineering projects that deliver on cryptographic workflows, including PKI and HSM related functionality.\r\nAt IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.\r\nYour role and responsibilities We're looking for Senior Engineers with a deep backend focus and experience with cryptographic services to join our team. In this role, you can expect to:\r\nLead large-scale initiatives end-to-end, from architecture and design through implementation and issue resolution, ensuring reliable, high-quality delivery for on-premise, self-managed software.\r\nCollaborate cross-functionally with internal teams, customers, and external partners to deliver solutions aligned with requirements and customer needs.\r\nAct as a technical authority in Golang, reviewing code for design quality, performance, and adherence to best practices.\r\nAssess tradeoffs and unblock execution, proactively communicating progress, risks, and milestones to stakeholders.\r\nDrive strategic technical initiatives that advance the long-term roadmap and improve system effectiveness across teams.\r\nResolve complex technical issues to improve product stability, reliability, and overall quality.\r\nMentor and develop engineers, promoting strong engineering practices and effective knowledge sharing.\r\nFoster team collaboration through code pairing, group troubleshooting, and shared ownership.\r\nSupport production reliability, including participation in an on-call rotation.\r\nChampion engineering excellence through maintainable code, automated testing, and robust delivery practices.\r\nRequired education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Master's Degree Required technical and professional expertise You have at least 8+ years of experience as an engineer\r\nYou have professional experience developing with modern programming languages and frameworks, and are interested in working in Golang specifically\r\nYou have experience working with distributed systems, and cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience and security.\r\nEmerging ability to direct work and influence others, with a strategic approach to problem-solving and decision-making in a collaborative environment\r\nDemonstrated business acumen and customer focus, with a readiness for change and adaptability in dynamic situations\r\nIntentional focus on stakeholder management and effective communication, fostering trust and relationship-building across diverse teams\r\nIntegrated skills in critical thinking and data-driven analysis, promoting a growth mindset and continuous improvement to support high-quality outcomes\r\nHands-on experience designing, building, or operating cryptographic systems and services such as PKI, HSMs, TLS, key management, identity and access management (IAM), secure enclaves / trusted execution environments, or related confidentiality and trust technologies\r\nPreferred technical and professional experience Proven experience mentoring and guiding software engineers, sharing technical knowledge and promoting best practices in development processes\r\nYou have experience using HashiCorp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul).\r\nYou are an expert in Go development\r\nYears of Experience\r\n8 - 15\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Cacheflow","rawCompany":"cacheflow","city":"California","state":"MO","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-06-25T01:16:44.040Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1299.07","title":"Blockchain Engineers","slug":"blockchain-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Cryptographic Backend (Go)","description":"Introduction As an individual contributor in the Vault Cryptosec team, you will be part of a high-performing team responsible for advancing the product's security, scalability, and enterprise readiness for our self-managed offerings. You will drive Engineering projects that deliver on cryptographic workflows, including PKI and HSM related functionality.\r\nAt IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. 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