Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer Opportunity

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

As a Staff Software Engineer, you are responsible for implementing architectural designs, creating applications, evaluating and implementing new technologies, redesigning existing applications, mentoring teammates, solving problems, and resolving defects in an Agile environment.

Regular activities include developing architecture and design features, building prototypes, participating in design and code reviews, working with product owners and stakeholders, reviewing user stories, and facilitating code reviews.

HID powers the trusted identities of the world's people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees.

HID Global Identity and Access Management Solutions products protect more than 85 million user identities. At HID Global, we understand that no person, device, or workplace can go unprotected. This philosophy of Zero Trust drives us to create new advances in risk-based multi-factor authentication, leads us to secure user identities in converged access environments and drives the need to expand implementations with our industry-leading digital certificates and PKIaaS solution to manage them at scale.

As our Staff Software Engineer, you'll support HID's success by:

• Providing enterprise architecture guidance.
• Helping define and evolve the technical vision for the company with a focus on microservices and replaceability.
• Evaluating and recommending technology choices to proactively meet IdenTrust's business strategy with a perspective towards future adaptation.
• Maintaining an ongoing awareness of industry standards and emerging technologies and how these relate to existing needs, potential product needs, technical needs and opportunities.
• Taking the initiative to find software architecture education opportunities and share learnings with peer group and leaders.
• Developing new applications, maintaining existing applications, and identifying and deprecating obsolete code.
• Preserving and automating the deployment of developer source code and software assets via CI/CD.
• Working collaboratively with other developers and providing input, direction, and vision for IdenTrust's product implementation.
• Acting as a technical mentor for Software Engineering and QA team members.
• Facilitating team member opportunities to design, while steering them clear of problematic practices.
• Creating, publishing, and evangelizing development and data model standards and guidelines.
• Participating in code reviews through pull/merge requests.
• Working closely with engineering and product owners to understand functional requirements as a part of a product vision.
• Maintaining consistency with the company's technical vision.
• Providing third-tier support when needed.
• Guiding and consulting with other engineering teams on critical design or performance issues.
• Evaluating technologies, evangelizing standards and defining long term strategies.
• Developing and modernizing code and systems, automating using pipelines, supporting critical issues.
• Guiding peer engineers, steering software design, reviewing engineering output.
• Translating business requirements and educating the organization.

Your Experience and Background include:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, information systems, or a related field. Candidates with equivalent education, plus relevant work experience, may also be considered.
• Minimum 7 years of software engineering experience.
• Sound working knowledge of:
• Application architecture principles
• Design patterns and their implementation
• Spring Boot, Docker and Kubernetes
• Spring, JBoss and/or Tomcat containers; JSON, XML, and Web Service protocols
• Java, JSP, Java Servlets, React and/or Angular, SQL, NoSQL and web development concepts
• Microservices, GraphQL or REST
• Version control systems, Gitflow branch/release management
• Experience in decomposing monolith applications.
• Good knowledge of containerized application deployment.
• Understanding of dependency management (Maven, Jenkins or Gradle).
• Understanding of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery and the tools that support it (Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo, GitLab, etc.).
• Experience working in Agile Development methodology (Scrum, XP, SAFe, etc.)
• Understanding of cloud application architecture in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Event-Driven integrations.
• Experience and knowledge of the following is preferred: PKI, Certificate lifecycle management, and Hardware secure modules.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds

Why apply?

• Empowerment: You'll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don't need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. You'll have opportunities to share insights and contribute forward-thinking ideas that shape future outcomes.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.

HID does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

HID is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves, fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity. If you have a disability and require assistance or accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

Immigration Sponsorship Not Available

• Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to reside and work in the hiring country.
• HID Global will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
• International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the hiring country will not be considered.

Our Talent Acquisition team may use an AI-powered screening tool to support their initial review of your application. The tool analyzes resume content such as qualifications, skills, and experience to help recruiters assess applications against role requirements. It does not score, rank, filter, or make any decisions about your application. All hiring decisions are made by people following their own review of your full application.

Information processed by the tool is deleted once the recruiter's review is complete.

If you believe the tool has not accurately represented your application, you can request direct human review by contacting View email address on click.appcast.io with the subject line "Application Review Request" and the role you applied for.