Senior Go Engineer — Open-Source Secrets Platform

ControlPlane; United States; Remote; USD 121,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + Bonus

33 days paid holiday

Parental leave

Private medical and dental insurance

Training budget for development

Job summary

ControlPlane is seeking an Intermediate or Senior Go Engineer to join the OpenBao development team, working with the Head of OpenBao Development on backend features for the OpenBao identity-aware secrets management platform.

You will write secure Go code, help shape architecture, build custom secrets engines and auth methods, and contribute to open-source community efforts on ControlPlane’s behalf. Prior OpenBao experience is a bonus, with strong Go systems skills being paramount.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Go and secure backend design.
• Strong understanding of software security fundamentals and API design.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, containers, and CI/CD.
• OpenBao or Vault codebase experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• OpenBao core development: design, implement, and maintain core capabilities, plugins, and secrets engines in Go.
• Collaborate with the Head of OpenBao Development to refine system architecture and break down features into deliverables.
• Contribute to upstream open-source work and internal security tooling.

Skills

Go programming

Security engineering

Cloud & Kubernetes

OpenBao experience

Team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

OpenTofu

Job description

ControlPlane is seeking an Intermediate or Senior Go Engineer to join the OpenBao development team, working with the Head of OpenBao Development on backend features for the OpenBao identity-aware secrets management platform.

You will write secure Go code, help shape architecture, build custom secrets engines and auth methods, and contribute to open-source community efforts on ControlPlane’s behalf. Prior OpenBao experience is a bonus, with strong Go systems skills being paramount.