Staff Software Engineer, Protect

The SandboxAQ Cybersecurity group is looking for a talented software engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of our next-generation cryptography and credential management solution. As a key member of our team, you will work across the stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure) to help design and implement scalable cloud-based systems that enable secure credential management inside enterprise environments. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of cryptography, key management, policy enforcement, and distributed systems to shape the future of credential management. You will get to work with a diverse group of engineers, product managers, solution architects, cryptographers, and ML experts to rapidly bring the product to market.

We move fast, build with purpose, and are obsessed with making an impact. Our culture is built for those who want to be at the forefront of innovation, and it's guided by these core principles:

• We are passionate about solving real-world problems for our customers.
• We take deep ownership of our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence.
• We are a team that stands by our commitments to each other and our customers, building trust through reliability.
• We are proactive and action-oriented, always seeking opportunities to make a difference and drive our mission forward.
• We believe in amplifying our collective impact through collaboration.
• We are dedicated to seeing our projects through to the finish line, ensuring that every detail is accounted for and that our work has a lasting impact.

• Build core features around credential issuance, distribution, rotation, and revocation while integrating with a variety of enterprise environments
• Design and implement security-centric frameworks leveraging open source and proprietary frameworks
• Develop scalable, performant and highly available solutions oriented at different security problems and environments, for infrastructure both on cloud and on-prem
• Understand existing security paradigms and solutions, and contribute to building additional security capabilities in those systems 
• Automate, deploy, diligently test and maintain software as part of a long-lasting software engineering cycle

• 6-8+ years of experience working as a Backend/Fullstack Software Engineer or equivalent
• Proficiency in Golang with a strong understanding of data structures and concurrency/synchronization
• Experience working with various enterprise Key Management Systems and solid understanding of current available solutions/technologies for both cloud and on-prem deployments
• Experience developing distributed, highly available, performant and scalable infrastructure solutions and applications
• Ability to work in a small team to rapidly iterate and release production quality grade software

• Knowledge of Rust
• Experience developing an OS daemon or sidecar
• Experience working with relational databases
• Familiarity with AuthN/AuthZ concepts and common frameworks/solutions used in large scale deployments
• Knowledge of Linux systems and related computer networking fundamentals

The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $183k-$256k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity.