About this role

Cipher

Cryptographic security posture management for regulated enterprises and government agencies

Staff Software Engineer

$100k – $145k • 1.0% – 2.0%
Remote ( United States )
5 years of exp
Full Time

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Hires remotely in United States

Remote Work Policy Remote only

Company Location

Philadelphia

Visa Sponsorship Not Available

Preferred Timezones Pacific Time, Mountain Time, Central Time, Eastern Time

Collaboration Hours 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time

RelocationAllowed

Skills

Python
SQL
MongoDB
Redis
PostgreSQL
Linux
Bash
DevOps
Github
Microsoft Windows
PKI
AWS/EC2/ELB/S3/DynamoDB
TypeScript
Bash Scripting
SQL/MySQL/PostgreSQL
Go (Golang)
AWS
Databases (SQL and NoSQL)
Infrastructure as code
Python/Golang
SSL/TLS
IaC
Golang
postgres
TypeScript/Javascript
Observability
GitHub Actions
ArgoCD
Infrastructure As Code (IaC)
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

About the job

Company: Cipher (https://cipher-inc.com/)

Industry: Cybersecurity technology

Role: Staff Software Engineer

Location: United States (Remote)

Eligibility: U.S. citizenship required

About the Role

Cipher is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help design and build our cryptographic governance platform. You'll work directly with our Head of Engineering across our core platform and sensor microservices, helping federal and commercial customers find and fix cryptographic vulnerabilities ahead of NIST's post-quantum deadlines.

This is an early, high-ownership role: you'll shape architecture, set engineering standards, and see your work land in production environments at regulated enterprises and defense organizations.

What You’ll Build

Back-end services and APIs for:

Cryptographic object discovery – keys, certificates, algorithms, and protocols across networks, endpoints, and codebases
Cryptographic inventorying – data normalization, de-duplication, and association into a unified inventory
Vulnerability assessment & prioritization – flagging legacy/deprecated algorithms and building frameworks that help customers prioritize remediation

Front-end components for:

Data visualization – dashboard widgets summarizing findings across cryptographic inventories
Inventory exploration – searchable, filterable views for drilling into discovered cryptographic objects and their relationships
Reporting – exportable views that track remediation progress and post-quantum readiness for auditors and leadership

CI/CD pipelines to:

Automate testing across services
Secure end-to-end deployment workflows

Required Experience

5+ years building production software services
Strong proficiency in Golang and Python; comfortable in TypeScript and Bash
DevOps experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
Database experience with PostgreSQL; familiarity with MongoDB and Redis
Familiarity with React and Node, and with both Linux and Windows environments

Who You Are

A clear communicator who can explain technical decisions to teammates and customers
Willing to push back and contribute on critical decisions
High integrity and a strong sense of ownership
Motivated to build a market-leading product from an early stage

Preferred Additional Experience

GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
Observability and security engineering
AI development and integration (including MCP)
ServiceNow API
PKI, TLS, and digital certificates
macOS
Additional DevOps depth

About Cipher

We're a funded, revenue-generating, pre-seed-stage team of innovators and experienced engineers giving regulated enterprises and government agencies the tooling to set and enforce cryptographic governance. Our platform helps security teams manage identities, protect sensitive information, reduce downtime, and track post-quantum readiness. Cipher is offering competitive compensation and meaningful equity to fill this position.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/cipher-technologies-inc.

About the company

Cipher

Cryptographic security posture management for regulated enterprises and government agencies Philadelphia

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Founders

Andrew DeFeo Founder