Senior Backend Engineer; Cryptography - Hashicorp Vault

Introduction

As an individual contributor in the Vault Cryptosec team, you will be part of a high-performing team responsible for advancing Vault’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.

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:

• Lead 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.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with internal teams, customers, and external partners to deliver solutions aligned with requirements and customer needs.
• Act as a technical authority in Golang, reviewing code for design quality, performance, and adherence to best practices.
• Assess tradeoffs and unblock execution, proactively communicating progress, risks, and milestones to stakeholders.
• Drive strategic technical initiatives that advance the long‑term roadmap and improve system effectiveness across teams.
• Resolve complex technical issues to improve product stability, reliability, and overall quality.
• Mentor and develop engineers, promoting strong engineering practices and effective knowledge sharing.
• Foster team collaboration through code pairing, group troubleshooting, and shared ownership.
• Support production reliability, including participation in an on‑call rotation.
• Champion engineering excellence through maintainable code, automated testing, and robust delivery practices.

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

• You have at least 6+ years of experience as an engineer.
• You have professional experience developing with modern programming languages and frameworks, and are interested in working in Golang specifically.
• You have experience working with distributed systems, and cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience and security.
• Emerging ability to direct work and influence others, with a strategic approach to problem-solving and decision-making in a collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated business acumen and customer focus, with a readiness for change and adaptability in dynamic situations.
• Intentional focus on stakeholder management and effective communication, fostering trust and relationship-building across diverse teams.
• Integrated skills in critical thinking and data-driven analysis, promoting a growth mindset and continuous improvement to support high-quality outcomes.

• Hands‑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.
• You have experience using Hashi Corp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul).
• You are an expert in Go development.