Remote Principal Security Engineer - PKI & Secrets

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 202,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA & FSA

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Vehicle discounts

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Principal Security Software Engineer focused on PKI and Secrets Management. This hands-on, cloud-native security role partners with product and platform teams to embed security into modern development workflows.

The position is remote with a strong emphasis on secure engineering standards, telemetry, and incident readiness. The ideal candidate will bring deep software engineering expertise and a security mindset, delivering scalable security services, threat modeling, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or C++.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of core security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain security-focused software components and tools.
• Develop automation frameworks for secure patterns adoption by product teams.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native workflows.
• Architect and implement scalable security services and APIs.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security requirements into designs.
• Perform secure code reviews and threat modeling to identify vulnerabilities.
• Build systems for security telemetry to support incident response.

Skills

Software engineering

Security engineering

Cloud security

CI/CD security

Automation

Production systems experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Principal Security Software Engineer focused on PKI and Secrets Management. This hands-on, cloud-native security role partners with product and platform teams to embed security into modern development workflows.

The position is remote with a strong emphasis on secure engineering standards, telemetry, and incident readiness. The ideal candidate will bring deep software engineering expertise and a security mindset, delivering scalable security services, threat modeling, and