Sr. Software Engineer

Compensation

Compensation: $,000/year

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will be a core contributor to our Go-based backend and the open-source OpenTDF project, building the foundational services that power our entire data security platform. This is a hands‑on role where you will tackle complex engineering challenges, architecting and implementing solutions that serve a diverse range of enterprise and federal customers. You will join a small, focused team with opportunities to collaborate with teams across Virtru's broader engineering organization.

You will thrive in this role if you are a resilient problem‑solver who is comfortable navigating the unique challenges of on‑premise, air‑gapped, and cloud‑native environments. If you are passionate about building robust, secure, and scalable systems and want to make a significant impact on a growing platform, we encourage you to apply.

• Design, build, and maintain our core backend platform and services using Go.
• Contribute directly to the open-source OpenTDF project, shaping its future and ensuring its success.
• Tackle complex engineering challenges related to data security, scalability, and distributed systems in a multi‑language environment.
• Engineer and deploy solutions for complex enterprise and federal customer environments, including on‑premise, air‑gapped, and cloud‑native deployments, using Terraform and Git Ops tooling.
• Collaborate on the architecture and implementation of our multi‑language SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript) to ensure they integrate seamlessly with the backend.
• Mentor fellow engineers through constructive code reviews, pair programming, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
• Develop well‑defined written design documents and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.
• Leverage AI coding agents to accelerate development, maintain engineering standards, and scale your impact across the codebase.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a significant focus on backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) and experience building production‑grade, scalable services with it.
• Experience with both microservice and monolithic architectures, APIs (gRPC, REST), and distributed systems.
• Proven hands‑on experience designing, deploying, and managing containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in production environments, with practical implementation of CI/CD and Git Ops pipelines (e.g., Helm, ArgoCD).
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform across multi‑cloud environments.
• A demonstrated ability to independently own complex technical projects from design to deployment.

• Deep experience in cryptography, including knowledge of cryptographic primitives, protocols, and secure key management.
• Deep understanding of identity federation principles beyond just protocol usage (OIDC, SAML), including experience designing or contributing to federated trust systems.
• Experience architecting for and deploying into complex customer environments, including on‑premise, air‑gapped, sovereign clouds, or bare‑metal deployments.
• Experience with modern API protocols like ConnectRPC.
• Familiarity with container standards and runtimes like the Open Container Initiative (OCI).
• Experience building and maintaining multi‑language SDKs.
• Contributions to open‑source projects, especially in the security or data space.
• Experience with other programming languages like Java, JavaScript, Python, or Rust.
• Demonstrable experience as an active contributor or maintainer of an established open-source project.
• Comfort working with AI coding agents as part of your development workflow.

• Thinking outside of the box to respectfully challenge your teammates and managers in the pursuit of excellence.
• Strong sense of urgency with an action‑oriented mindset.
• Able to collaborate and adapt to shifting priorities as business needs evolve.
• Comfortable with asynchronous communication including Slack, email, Zoom, etc.

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