Senior Staff Software Engineer, Production PKIS
Kirkland, WA, USA +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Kirkland, WA, USA
Sunnyvale, CA, USA - Experience
- 8 years programming in C++; 5 years in design and architecture and testing/launching software products.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads architecture and long-term technical strategy for Google’s production PKI and identity infrastructure, including security, reliability, and coordination across teams.
What you'll do
- Set cross-domain architectural direction, design standards, and resolve complex technical trade-offs.
- Develop multi-year roadmaps for production identity and translate security mandates into sequenced engineering plans.
- Lead operational excellence, including fault tolerance, automated key rotation, and disaster recovery readiness.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in C++.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
Nice to have
- Experience setting multi-team technical strategy or serving as a Lead Architect/Tech Lead for mission-critical, large-scale systems.
- Expertise in PKI, applied cryptography, and identity/token architectures; ability to build cross-functional consensus and lead distributed teams.
Pay
$262000 - $364000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, PKI, X.509
AI focus
Enables authenticated principals, distributed workloads, and autonomous AI agents to delegate scoped permissions dynamically, safely, and transparently.
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