# Software Engineer - Secret, Cryptographic and Identity Infrastructure

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Bellevue, WA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $230k/yr
**Skills:** JavaScript, Java, Python, C, C++, Go, Rust, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Secret Management, Key Management, Authentication, Authorization
**Posted:** 2026-05-23

> Build and scale core security infrastructure for secret management, identity, authentication, and end-to-end encryption across Snowflake's multi-cloud platform.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and scale software systems that help Snowflake engineers build secure products across a natively multi-cloud environment
- Build and maintain security tooling to define, monitor, enforce, and detect security policy violations across the platform
- Implement automation and self-service processes that increase developer autonomy and educate engineering teams on secure design and coding practices
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of core security infrastructure — spanning secret management, key management, service identity, authentication, and authorization
- Partner with engineering teams across the company to understand security pain points and deliver solutions that reduce friction without compromising on safety
- Write well-tested, reliable code and participate in design reviews, code reviews, and on-call rotations to keep critical systems healthy

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Hands-on experience in software development using one or more of: JavaScript, Java, Python, C, C++, Golang, or Rust
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills — the ability to collaborate across teams and explain technical concepts clearly
- A genuine interest in building software that has direct security and reliability impact at scale

## Nice-to-Haves
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining reliable, scalable software solutions
- Familiarity with secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) or security infrastructure, including secret management systems, service identity, authentication, or authorization
- Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes
- Experience building production services on AWS, Azure, or GCP

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