Senior Software Engineer
TLDR
Design, develop, and maintain security protocol software in C for embedded platforms, delivering high-performance networking and mentoring junior engineers.
Who we are
DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com
Job summary
As a Senior Software Engineer on the TrustCore team, you will design, develop, and maintain security protocol software in C for embedded and resource-constrained platforms. You will help deliver reliable, high-performance security capabilities across networking and cryptographic protocols while mentoring junior engineers and supporting design, testing, and customer issue resolution.
What you will do
- Development and Maintenance of security software (TrustCore SDK) for embedded platforms
- Participate in the development of new features from conceptualization to design and implementation
- Analysis and troubleshooting of defects found in testing
- Take part in design reviews, generate and update detailed design documents
- Researching customer issues, providing input and development to problems/issues
- Estimate task timelines, development activities and meet schedules
- Mentor junior engineers by providing technical guidance, supporting code reviews, sharing best practices, and helping them grow their skills
- Other duties as assigned
What you will have
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or in a related field of computer networking and security, from an accredited university or equivalent
- 5+ years of industry work experience in the software development
- Strong C language and multi-threaded programming skills
- Good technical writing and communication skills
- In-depth knowledge of Data Structures & Algorithms
- In-depth knowledge of Network security protocol stack internals including TCP, UDP, SSL, SSH, IPsec and Wireless
- Development experience with Enterprise OSes (Linux, Windows, MacOS) and RTOS platforms (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, QNX) beneficial
- Understanding of secure coding standards
- Experience with object-oriented design, coding, and unit testing
- Flexible and willing to learn/work on new technologies
- Ability to work well in a team and good problem-solving skills
Nice to have
- Knowledge of PKI infrastructure
- Experience working with Cryptography API
- Experience with Wireshark analyzer
- Experience with Git, JIRA, IDEs (Eclipse, MS Visual Studio)
- Embedded system software development experience
Benefits
- Generous time off policies
- Top shelf benefits
- Education, wellness and lifestyle support
To protect candidate information and maintain a secure hiring process, all applications must be submitted through our careers portal. Resumes or CVs sent directly via email will not be reviewed or considered.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Top shelf benefits
Learning Budget
Education, wellness and lifestyle support
Paid Time Off
Generous time off policies
DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust, providing organizations with comprehensive solutions to protect their digital interactions. Through our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform, we deliver a suite of tools for managing certificates, DNS, and risk mitigation, ensuring secure and authentic digital experiences for businesses across industries.
- Founded
- Founded 2003
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- computer & network security
- Total raised
- raised