Software Development Engineer

Job summary

We re building DigiCert s next-generation AI Security & Trust Infrastructure a cloud-native platform that extends digital trust to AI models, agents, and software ecosystems.

What you will do

You ll build the core APIs and microservices that power DigiCert s AI Security & Trust Infrastructure distributed systems that handle trust signals, identity validation, and real-time event processing.

• Design and develop event-driven microservices and API-driven workflows.


• Implement scalable, observable, and secure backend services.


• Contribute to data modeling, caching, and performance optimization.


• Integrate distributed components with identity and trust layers.


• Partner with infrastructure and security engineers to ensure deployability and resilience.


• Use modern AI-assisted development workflows to maintain velocity and clarity.


• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and incident postmortems.

What you will have

• 4+ years of experience building cloud-native backend systems.


• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust.


• Experience designing distributed microservices with REST or GraphQL APIs.


• Familiarity with streaming or messaging systems (Kafka, NATS, or Pub/Sub).


• Experience with Postgres, Redis, or NoSQL databases.


• Understanding of Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD automation.


• Knowledge of TLS, PKI, DNSSEC, or DANE is desirable.


• Excellent debugging, performance tuning, and systems-thinking skills.


• Excellent communication and system design documentation skills.

Nice to have

• Move fast, build right.


• Own what you ship.


• Automate relentlessly.


• Security and observability by default.


• AI-accelerated, human-guided development.

Benefits

• Generous time off policies


• Top shelf benefits


• Education, wellness and lifestyle support

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