Senior Software Engineer - Cryptography & DoD

Creativechemistry; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Creativechemistry seeks a senior software engineer at Fort Meade to generalize a mission-focused product suite for DoD-wide deployment. The role involves removing customer-specific dependencies, abstracting environments, and designing interfaces so auth workflows and key management run in any customer environment.

You will touch major components including clients, the Portal, Proxy services, and OpenBao-based key management services, with a strong emphasis on cryptography, security, and scalable

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience in software development and security.
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or 8 years of equivalent work exp.
• 8+ years Java development on Linux and Windows.
• Experience with C or C++.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Rust preferred.
• 5+ years cryptographic experience and key management.
• Clear communication and client-facing skills.
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Lead changes to encryption libraries and key management services.
• Migrate code from low-side to high-side environments.
• Set and apply engineering best practices via planning, testing, and defect resolution.
• Manage day-to-day progress toward project milestones.
• Contribute to planning/status reporting with the productization team.

Skills

Java development

C/C++ experience

Python/Go/Rust

Cryptography/key management

Clear communication

TS/SCI with poly

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

8+ years equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Creativechemistry seeks a senior software engineer at Fort Meade to generalize a mission-focused product suite for DoD-wide deployment. The role involves removing customer-specific dependencies, abstracting environments, and designing interfaces so auth workflows and key management run in any customer environment.

You will touch major components including clients, the Portal, Proxy services, and OpenBao-based key management services, with a strong emphasis on cryptography, security, and scalable