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Before you apply
LocationPune
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience8+ yrs
DepartmentEngineering
Company size1,001–5,000 people
PostedJun 30, 2026 · 4mo ago
Verified live2d ago
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8+ years of hands-on SaaS engineering experience in cloud environments
Strong Java/Spring Boot expertise
Solid fundamentals in distributed systems and scalable API design
Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka/JMS)
Experience with caching (Redis/Memcached)
Experience with RDBMS (Oracle preferred)
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and CI/CD
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science (or related field)
PKI/CLM (X.509, CSR workflows, CA integrations, CRL/OCSP, HSM-backed signing)
ACME v2 / cert-manager
SPIFFE/SPIRE and workload identity models
Cloud managed identity (AWS/Azure/GCP) and OIDC federation
Service mesh & mTLS
Kubernetes controllers/operators and CRDs
NHI and AI-agent security concepts and platforms
Post-quantum migration exposure
CNCF/IETF contributions (SPIRE, cert-manager, OPA, WIMSE/ACME)
Go or Rust experience for collectors/plugins/sidecars
Skills
Java
Spring Boot
Kafka
JMS
Redis
Memcached
Oracle
Docker
Kubernetes
Jenkins
CI/CD
ACME v2
SPIFFE/SPIRE
AWS
Azure
GCP
OIDC
mTLS
Go
Rust
About the company
Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!
Lead Software Engineer (CLM / Machine & AI Identity)
Qualys is looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to help evolve CertView CLM into a unified machine, workload, and AI-agent identity platform. You will lead design and delivery of scalable cloud-security services handling 100M+ transactions and terabytes of data daily, with focus areas including SPIFFE/SPIRE, ephemeral certificates, Kubernetes/service-mesh identity, managed cloud identities, and AI-agent governance.
What You’ll Do
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Lead architecture and development of next-generation CLM platform components
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Build high-scale identity ingestion and processing pipelines for short-lived credentials and workload identities.
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Drive roadmap delivery across ACME v2, SPIFFE/SPIRE integration, Kubernetes/service-mesh discovery.
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Collaborate with Product, SRE, Security, VMDR, and TotalCloud teams to ship resilient, production-ready features.
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Mentor engineers on design, performance, distributed systems, and secure coding for PKI/identity systems.
Core Qualifications
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8+ years of hands-on SaaS engineering experience in cloud environments.
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Strong Java/Spring Boot expertise; solid fundamentals in distributed systems and scalable API design.
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Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka/JMS), caching (Redis/Memcached), and RDBMS (Oracle preferred).
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Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and CI/CD.
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Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science (or related field).
Strongly Preferred Domain Experience (Any 2+)
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PKI/CLM (X.509, CSR workflows, CA integrations, CRL/OCSP, HSM-backed signing)
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ACME v2 / cert-manager
•
SPIFFE/SPIRE and workload identity models
•
Cloud managed identity (AWS/Azure/GCP) and OIDC federation
•
Service mesh & mTLS
•
Kubernetes controllers/operators and CRDs
•
NHI and AI-agent security concepts and platforms
Nice to Have
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Post-quantum migration exposure
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CNCF/IETF contributions (SPIRE, cert-manager, OPA, WIMSE/ACME)
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Go or Rust experience for collectors/plugins/sidecars