Engineer
US$165,500 – US$323,000 / yr base salary
Posted 22 Jul 2025
Advertised as “Principal Engineer Cryptography”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Remote
| Base salary | US$165,500 – US$323,000 / yr |
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Field of studyComputer Science, Cryptography, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics
Study levelMaster's or higher
Location Details: United States, Remote
At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.
This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.
This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.
Join our team
At GoDaddy, we are seeking an exceptional Principal Compliance Engineer - PKI with deep technical expertise to define requirements and guide the evolution of our Certificate Authority (CA) platform. Reporting to GoDaddy's Vice President Engineering Partners, you will translate industry standards into technical requirements, define specifications for compliance automation, and provide technical guidance for next-generation cryptographic systems. This role combines technical leadership with strategic requirements development, focusing on post-quantum cryptography readiness, certificate lifecycle automation, and CA infrastructure resilience.
What you'll get to do...
Technical Standards & Requirements Leadership
- Actively participate in standards bodies such as the IETF, representing GoDaddy in working groups for TLS and related SSL standards
CA Infrastructure & Systems Requirements
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Conduct deep-dive technical assessments of CA infrastructure, identifying architectural gaps, security vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks
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Define technical requirements for the evolution of certificate issuance pipelines, HSM integrations, and cryptographic key management systems
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Specify requirements for automated testing frameworks for compliance validation, including CT log integration, OCSP responder infrastructure, and revocation mechanisms
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Develop automation scripts for compliance testing and validation processes
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Define SLIs/SLOs focused on certificate issuance latency, system availability, and compliance metrics
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Document requirements for infrastructure-as-code solutions for CA deployment, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures
Cryptographic Systems & Innovation
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Research and define requirements for post-quantum cryptographic algorithms (e.g., ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) and hybrid certificate chains