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Staff Software Engineer, Security

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Bellevue · 4+ years experience · Posted Oct 9, 2026

At a glance

Experience
4+ years experience
Location
Bellevue

About the role

  • The Workforce Identity Cloud Security Engineering group is seeking an experienced software security engineer to design and develop solutions that harden frameworks and infrastructure. This role acts as a liaison between security and engineering teams to influence the security roadmap while building and owning security-oriented features.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a liaison between the engineering, security and product orgs to develop innovative requirements for the security roadmap.
  • Evangelize security best practices across the engineering org.
  • Research, design, implement and own security oriented frameworks and features.
  • Routinely participate in cross-vertical code reviews with emphasis on Security.
  • Break down complex problems into sub-tasks while prototyping rapidly.
  • Contribute to security initiatives using agile practices.
  • Coach and mentor junior engineers in the team.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of development experience in designing and implementing software systems in Java.
  • 4+ years of work experience in designing and implementing security solutions for applications and distributed systems.
  • Understanding of Application Security, Cryptography, Authentication, Authorization, Certificates and Secrets Management.
  • Work experience using Cloud Service Providers such as AWS and GCP.
  • Work experience using RDBMS like MySQL, including replication and clustering.
  • Familiarity with data stores such as Redis and Elasticsearch.
  • Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation.
  • Strong leadership skills in security and engineering.
  • Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual) and located on U.S. soil.
  • B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related fields.

Preferred qualifications

  • Understanding of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) solutions, including quantum-resistant algorithms and cryptographic migration strategies.
  • Understanding of designing, developing, and securing production-grade agentic AI systems.
  • Experience troubleshooting and fixing production issues.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible spending account
  • Paid leave
  • PTO
  • Parental leave
  • Equity
  • Bonus

Skills

  • Java
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Elasticsearch
  • Cryptography
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography
  • Agentic AI

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