OpenBao Developer

Accountabilities: • Design, develop, and maintain core OpenBao features, plugins, storage backends, and secrets engines using Go.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership on system architecture, technical design discussions, and the preparation of technical Request for Comments (RFCs).

• Break down complex feature roadmaps into clear, actionable engineering tasks and deliverables.

• Write clean, secure, maintainable, and high-performance Go code, following secure-by-design principles and cryptographic best practices.

• Review and address reported vulnerabilities, contributing to the security and reliability of the platform.

• Participate in upstream open-source development by reviewing pull requests, triaging issues, and supporting high-quality community contributions.

• Contribute to internal research and development projects, security tooling, and integration prototypes related to identity and secrets management.

• Develop comprehensive unit, integration, and security tests to maintain software quality and production reliability.

• Support CI/CD automation, release workflows, and supply chain security for OpenBao distribution artifacts.

• Collaborate with a distributed international team, coordinating effectively across time zones.

Requirements:

• Approximately 3–5+ years of backend or systems software engineering experience, with an intermediate to senior level of technical capability.

• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), including production-grade development, concurrency patterns such as goroutines and channels, interface design, testing, and performance profiling.

• Solid understanding of systems engineering and software security fundamentals, including PKI/TLS, cryptographic concepts, authentication and authorization models, and API design.

• Ability to write secure, efficient, and maintainable backend code and contribute to architectural discussions.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with other engineers.

• Direct experience with OpenBao or HashiCorp Vault is highly desirable, particularly familiarity with plugin architecture, storage drivers, dynamic secrets, or internal RPC mechanisms.

• Familiarity with Linux fundamentals, containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu is an advantage.

• Previous contributions to open-source Go projects or security tooling are beneficial.

• Ability to coordinate working hours with a globally distributed team across the United States, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

• Strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, willingness to learn, emotional maturity, and respect for diverse perspectives.

Benefits:

• Annual salary of up to £100,000 , plus bonus.

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• 33 days of paid holiday, including the standard 8 UK bank holidays.

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Private medical and dental insurance.

• Individual training and professional development budget.

• Funding for conferences, books, courses, coaching, and other learning opportunities.

• Access to internal training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Opportunity to contribute to influential open-source security technology and collaborate with experienced engineers.

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