Staff Software Engineer Fortanix · United States

Rustify; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortanix is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join its Confidential Computing Management team. This high-impact, hands-on role will involve designing, building, and owning core platform services in a distributed, secure, and scalable manner across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

You will shape architecture and guide design decisions while delivering reliable microservices that power confidential computing at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed microservices that power Fortanix’s confidential computing platform across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture and critical design decisions to ensure security, reliability, and scalability.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Microservices

Security-by-design

Cloud platforms

Job description

# Staff Software EngineerFortanix · United States · Senior · HybridView & Apply## About FortanixAt Fortanix we are pioneers in confidential computing and Confidential AI for hybrid and multicloud environments. We build technologies that protect sensitive data while it is in use -combining trusted execution environments (TEEs), advanced cryptography, and hardware-based isolation to secure applications, AI models, and data across clouds, on-premises infrastructure, and devices.Our platform enables organizations to run and manage confidential workloads and AI, reduce data exposure risk, and adopt Zero Trust architectures with strong runtime protections. We partner closely with leading cloud and silicon providers and bring together experts in cryptography, systems, and distributed computing to solve some of the most challenging problems in protecting data in use.We foster a collaborative, research-driven culture focused on advancing the state of the art in confidential computing and Confidential AI, enabling organizations to unlock the value of sensitive data while preserving privacy and security.## About the RoleWe’re looking for a **Staff Software Engineer** to join our Confidential Computing Management team—an engineer who can **design, build, and own core platform services** powering secure, distributed systems at scale.This is a **high-impact, hands-on technical leadership role**. You’ll shape architecture, lead critical design decisions, and build microservices that are foundational to how our platform operates—ensuring they are **secure by design, highly reliable, and built to scale**.## Key Responsibilities:* **Design and build distributed microservices** that power Fortanix’s confidential computing platform across hybrid and multi-cloud environments