The posting
Company Description
Sectigo is the most innovative provider of certificate lifecycle management (CLM), delivering solutions that help the world’s largest brands simplify how digital trust is managed and scaled. Sectigo’s automated, cloud-native CLM platform issues and manages digital certificates across enterprise environments, enabling organizations to reduce complexity, accelerate time to value, and strengthen security across environments. Sectigo is one of the largest, longest-standing, and most reputable CAs with more than 700,000 customers, including 65% of the Fortune 500. Sectigo holds six combined active leadership seats in the CA/Browser Forum and ETSI and brings two decades of delivering unparalleled digital trust.
Simplicity at Scale.
How we show up with each other and our customers every day is just as important, and we win as #OneSectigo by living out our core values - Support, Excellence, Communication, Teamwork, Integrity, Growth and Openness. We are committed to investing in our diverse teams where everyone understands their role and how they support our strategic goals, we drive operational excellence through scale and efficiency, and we strive to delight our customers and become the market leader in our industry. If you aspire to join a driven team that holds each other accountable to meeting our lofty goals and you’d like to be part of our growth story in delivering a market leading user experience, we’d like to talk to you.
Job Description
We are looking for a talented Software Engineer (Java) to join our growing global team at Sectigo.
The Software Engineer (Java) will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM), a large-scale platform for certificate lifecycle management and automation.
This role involves building and enhancing backend services, APIs, integrations, and user-facing functionality while maintaining high standards of quality, security, scalability, and reliability. The ideal candidate is passionate about solving complex technical problems, learning new technologies, and working collaboratively to deliver secure and scalable enterprise software solutions.
Here are the core functions, responsibilities, and expectations for this role:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and platform functionality within the SCM ecosystem.
- Build and enhance RESTful APIs and distributed services using Java and Spring technologies.
- Participate in the design and implementation of integrations with enterprise systems, certificate authorities, cloud services, and network infrastructure.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve functional, performance, reliability, and scalability issues in development and production environments.
- Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
- Write maintainable, testable, and well-documented code.
- Assist with technical documentation, testing activities, and product support.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives related to architecture, performance, security, and operational excellence.
- Additional tasks associated with this position may be assigned in response to company initiatives and business needs.
More information about this role:
- This is a full-time and remote position, with the ideal candidates based in Romania OR surrounding countries with proper work authorizations.
- The targeted compensation package for this role may vary based on upon internal equity and years of experience. We may make further adjustments through an approval process if the targeted compensation range needs to be modified based on business needs and market trends.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience is strongly recommended.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3+ years of professional software development experience is required.
- Strong experience with Java and Spring-based application development.
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
- Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
- Experience with ORM technologies such as Hibernate/JPA.
- Experience working with Linux-based environments.
- Experience using source control systems, issue tracking tools, and automated testing practices.
- Experience working with AI coding assistants and agentic development tools.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Ideal Candidate Profiles, Talents, and Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems.
- Experience with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ.
- Experience troubleshooting production environments.
- Understanding of authentication, authorization, and modern application security principles.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
- Familiarity with certificate management, PKI, TLS/SSL, or security-related technologies.
- Experience working on enterprise SaaS platforms.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ownership mindset and accountability for delivering results.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and business domains.
- Focus on quality, maintainability, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to balance technical excellence with practical business needs.
Additional Information
Sectigo is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
At Sectigo, we are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout your career. We hire and promote the most qualified individuals based on their skills, experience, job requirements, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws in the countries where we operate.
Our “One Sectigo” culture fosters a strong sense of belonging and supports a respectful, inclusive workplace free from discrimination and harassment.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Our Hiring Process at Sectigo:
To enhance your experience, Sectigo may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools during the recruitment process. We are committed to using AI responsibly and transparently, ensuring fairness, accuracy, and human oversight at every stage.
Global team. Global reach. Global impact.
At Sectigo, we believe doing good is good business. Our strength and our success come from our team of passionate, engaged individuals who make a difference, both locally and globally. Our commitment to engagement is rooted in an unconditionally inclusive workforce, embodying our unique perspectives, heritages, and backgrounds, all as diverse as the experiences of each Sectigo employee. Importantly, we strive to be recognized not only as the CLM leader but also for our intentional efforts to promote employees into the roles that most challenge and excite them, into experiences that allow them to grow their interests as we grow the business. We are committed to bringing a little bit of fun and a whole lot of happiness into everything we do so that our work – and our team members – reflect the positive outcomes we deliver to our customers every day.
