Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer - Backend to join our dynamic and innovative team. As a key member of the engineering organization, you will drive the design and implementation of intuitive, performant, and scalable web applications. You will collaborate closely with backend engineers, product managers, and UX designers to deliver seamless user experiences across DigiCert’s enterprise platforms.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product to clarify and refine requirements
• Design system architecture, data models, APIs, and integration points
• Implement services in Java or Go with clean, maintainable code
• Apply DS/Algo and problem‑solving for performance and scalability
• Write automated unit/integration tests and maintain CI pipelines
• Perform code reviews and enforce engineering standards
• Deploy and operate services (containers/Kubernetes)
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize using tools (New Relic, Splunk, etc.)
• Handle edge/corner cases, error budgets, resiliency and security considerations
• Produce technical docs (designs, runbooks)

What you will have

• 3+ years backend engineering (Java or Go)
• Strong data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and distributed systems knowledge
• Proven system design experience (scalability, reliability, APIs)
• Experience with relational databases, caching, messaging (Kafka)
• CI/CD, automated testing (unit, integration), version control (Git)
• Observability: logging, metrics, tracing (e.g., New Relic, Splunk)
• Secure coding, performance tuning, and best practices mindset
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, service meshes
• Effective communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and infrastructure as code
• Event‑driven architecture and streaming patterns
• Experience with feature flags, blue/green or canary deployments
• Open-source contributions or technical blogging

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Top shelf benefits
• Education, wellness and lifestyle support

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