Software Engineering Manager – Lehi

WebHosting; Lehi (UT); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

DigiCert is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and scale our PKI-backed backend platform. You will oversee technical direction, strategic planning, and execution, while fostering a collaborative engineering culture across remote and hybrid teams.

This hands-on leadership role collaborates with senior leadership, product management, and stakeholders. You will guide an agile team focused on secure, highly available web services, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native architectures, delivering

Qualifications

• 5+ years of people management experience.
• 5+ years professional software development experience.
• Experience leading large-scale cross-functional software projects.
• Experience with C++ and Go.
• Expertise developing, consuming, and evolving RESTful web services.
• Experience building cloud native applications, services-based architecture, DevOps principles and continuous deployment.
• Knowledge of MSSQL, MariaDB and Cassandra databases.
• Strong collaboration across distributed teams and time zones.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and strategy for large-scale backend PKI systems.
• Ensure uptime, compliance, and quality in feature delivery.
• Develop a deep understanding of PKI products, architecture, and systems.
• Align deliverables with compliance standards.
• Manage and scale a high-performing engineering team.

Skills

People management

Software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

C++

Go

MSSQL

MariaDB

Cassandra

Harness.io

Splunk

New Relic

Git/GitHub

Job description

Job Description

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

Job summary

We are looking for a software engineering manager to lead, manage and scale our high performing team that is responsible for our certificate authority platform. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for overseeing the technical direction, strategic planning, and execution of key projects while fostering a collaborative and high-performance engineering culture. This role also entails working closely with senior leadership, product management, and other stakeholders.

What you will do

• Collaborate with an agile, cross-functional team in the technical planning and strategy of large-scale backend systems, with a focus on secure and high-availability web services supporting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Assume accountability for the efficient delivery of new features and functionality with uptime, compliance, and quality in mind.
• Develop a deep understanding of PKI products, architecture, and systems.
• Understand compliance standards to ensure deliverables meet industry expectations.
• Manage and scale a highly capable engineering team.

What you will have

• 5+ years of people management experience, managing software engineering teams.
• 5+ years professional experience in software development.
• Experience with leading teams on large scale, cross functional software projects.
• Experience with C++ and Go.
• Expertise developing, consuming, and evolving RESTful web services.
• Experience building cloud native applications, services-based architecture, DevOps principles and continuous deployment.
• Knowledge of both relational (MSSQL, MariaDB) and NoSQL (Cassandra) databases.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze and address complex technical issues.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams across time zones, fostering alignment, communication, and productivity in remote and hybrid environments.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best-practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Technologies we use extensively – experience will be a plus:
  • C++
  • Go
  • MSSQL
  • Cassandra
  • MariaDB
  • Harness.io
  • Splunk
  • New Relic
  • Git and GitHub

DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Compensation Transparency:

The annualized base salary range for this position is outlined below.

Each candidate’s compensation offer will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, job duties, business needs, and location. For roles that include additional compensation components, total compensation may include base pay, bonus, equity, or other incentives.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, which will be discussed during the hiring process. We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices and comply with all applicable pay transparency requirements. If you would like more information about compensation or benefits, we are happy to provide additional details during the hiring process.

For more information regarding our comprehensive benefits, see the benefits section.