Backend Engineer (Cryptography Team) - Hashicorp Vault

IBM is a leading company that transforms client challenges into innovative solutions. They are seeking a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to design, prototype, and implement features and tools for the Infrastructure Cloud, while collaborating with various teams to ensure quality and usability.

Responsibilities:

• Design, prototype and implement features and tools while ensuring stability and usability
• Collaborate closely with Product Design and Product Management partners, as well as engineers on your team and others
• Follow through on assigned tasks to build and ship medium-sized features, managing task expectations as needed
• Engage in team discussions around diagnosis, planning, and workflow improvements based on product requirements
• Apply independent judgment within team practices to determine appropriate actions and solutions
• Address unforeseen challenges, making recommendations to keep tasks on track
• Debug and resolve medium-level bugs in products or solutions to maintain quality
• Review technical contributions for quality and consistency, collaborating with stakeholders to resolve issues and recommend technical or architectural changes
• Suggest improvements to current processes and propose solutions to enhance the efficiency of architectural components and design
• Participate in on-call rotations, pairing, and team planning to support product needs
• Engage in team discussions around diagnosis, planning, and workflow improvements based on product requirements

Requirements:

• Hands on experience as an engineer working in Golang
• Hands on experience developing with modern programming languages and frameworks
• Hands on experience working with distributed systems, particularly cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and security
• Experience in reviewing and refactoring code and making suggestions that improve the codebase and product
• Writing tests that cover complex and edge cases
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and foster relationships across teams and stakeholders, with a focus on valuing diverse perspectives and proficiently managing expectations
• Cloud-native mindset and solid understanding of DevOps principles in a cloud environment
• Proven decision-making abilities with an intentional, data-driven approach to solving complex technical challenges and delivering results
• Strong customer focus and systems-thinking mindset, with a commitment to personal accountability, self-awareness, and continuous improvement in support of high-quality outcomes
• You have skills or interest in practical/applied cryptographic algorithms, or experience with Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Advanced Data Protection (ADP) and Encryption as a Service
• You have experience using HashiCorp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul)
• Emerging experience in mentoring team members, helping to enhance their problem-solving, critical thinking, and planning skills