OpenBao Developer

Jobgether; Netherlands; A distancia; EUR 108.000 - 132.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual bonus

Remote work

33 days paid holiday

Private medical and dental insurance

Training & dev budget

Conferences/books/courses funding

Open-source collaboration

Descripción de la vacante

Jobgether is seeking an experienced OpenBao Developer based in the Netherlands to design, implement, and secure backend features for a cloud-native identity platform. You will work remotely with a globally distributed team, contributing to plugin architectures, storage backends, and secrets engines while maintaining high code quality and security standards.

You will collaborate with leadership on architecture, RFCs, and roadmaps, translating plans into concrete tasks, tests, and reliable

Formación

• 3–5+ years backend or systems software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) including production-grade development and concurrency.
• Solid understanding of security fundamentals including PKI/TLS and cryptographic concepts.
• Ability to design secure, maintainable backend code and contribute to architecture discussions.
• Experience with Linux, containerization, and IaC tools is an advantage.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain core OpenBao features, plugins, and storage backends in Go.
• Collaborate on system architecture and technical RFCs with engineering leadership.
• Translate roadmaps into actionable engineering tasks and deliverables.
• Write secure, efficient Go code following cryptographic best practices.
• Review vulnerabilities and contribute to platform security and reliability.
• Engage in upstream open-source development and community PRs.

Conocimientos

Go (Golang)

Concurrency patterns

Security fundamentals

API design

Linux fundamentals

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenBao/Vault experience

Terraform/OpenTofu (IaC)

Open-source contributions

Time-zone coordination

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform/OpenTofu

Descripción del empleo

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an OpenBao Developer based in Netherlands.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Go Engineer to contribute to the development of OpenBao, an open-source identity-aware secrets management platform. You will work closely with senior engineering leadership to design, build, and maintain secure, high-performance backend capabilities that support modern cloud-native infrastructure. The role combines core systems engineering with security-focused development, architectural collaboration, and active open-source community participation. You will contribute to features such as secrets engines, authentication methods, plugins, and storage backends while helping strengthen software quality and release security. Working within a globally distributed engineering team, you will have the opportunity to influence technical direction and advance open-source security solutions. This is a full-time remote position requiring the right to work in the UK or EU.

Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain core OpenBao features, plugins, storage backends, and secrets engines using Go.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership on system architecture, technical design discussions, and the preparation of technical Request for Comments (RFCs).

• Break down complex feature roadmaps into clear, actionable engineering tasks and deliverables.

• Write clean, secure, maintainable, and high-performance Go code, following secure-by-design principles and cryptographic best practices.

• Review and address reported vulnerabilities, contributing to the security and reliability of the platform.

• Participate in upstream open-source development by reviewing pull requests, triaging issues, and supporting high-quality community contributions.

• Contribute to internal research and development projects, security tooling, and integration prototypes related to identity and secrets management.

• Develop comprehensive unit, integration, and security tests to maintain software quality and production reliability.

• Support CI/CD automation, release workflows, and supply chain security for OpenBao distribution artifacts.

• Collaborate with a distributed international team, coordinating effectively across time zones.

Requirements:

• Approximately 3–5+ years of backend or systems software engineering experience, with an intermediate to senior level of technical capability.

• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), including production-grade development, concurrency patterns such as goroutines and channels, interface design, testing, and performance profiling.

• Solid understanding of systems engineering and software security fundamentals, including PKI/TLS, cryptographic concepts, authentication and authorization models, and API design.

• Ability to write secure, efficient, and maintainable backend code and contribute to architectural discussions.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with other engineers.

• Direct experience with OpenBao or HashiCorp Vault is highly desirable, particularly familiarity with plugin architecture, storage drivers, dynamic secrets, or internal RPC mechanisms.

• Familiarity with Linux fundamentals, containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu is an advantage.

• Previous contributions to open-source Go projects or security tooling are beneficial.

• Ability to coordinate working hours with a globally distributed team across the United States, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

• Strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, willingness to learn, emotional maturity, and respect for diverse perspectives.

Benefits:

• Annual salary of up to £100,000, plus bonus.

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• 33 days of paid holiday, including the standard 8 UK bank holidays.

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Private medical and dental insurance.

• Individual training and professional development budget.

• Funding for conferences, books, courses, coaching, and other learning opportunities.

• Access to internal training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Opportunity to contribute to influential open-source security technology and collaborate with experienced engineers.