General MotorsHiring

Principal Security Software Engineer, PKI and Secrets Management

  • Remote, United States
  • Lead
  • Posted 7 days ago
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Principal-level security engineering role setting technical direction for PKI, secrets management and secure software patterns across a big vehicle maker's application estate.

About the role

Security strategy for new technology and major programs sits with this person, who also guides execution teams through integration work. The job mixes hands-on building of security services with mentoring engineers and shaping standards for the wider security community.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United States
Seniority
Lead
Skills
Python, Go, Java, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, PKI
Posted
28 Oct 2026
Last checked
2 Nov 2026

What you will do

  • Build and maintain security software, services and tools used across the application ecosystem
  • Create automation frameworks and internal platforms so product teams can adopt secure patterns for identity, secrets and logging
  • Architect security services and APIs for authentication, authorization, policy evaluation and event ingestion

What they look for

  • Seven or more years as a software engineer owning production systems, plus a technical degree or equivalent experience
  • Advanced skill in one modern language such as Python, Go, Java or C++, with solid fundamentals
  • Experience running services on AWS, Azure or GCP using managed services and infrastructure as code
  • Hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes, and daily use of AI coding assistants like Copilot or Cursor
  • Working knowledge of PKI certificate issuance and management, encryption at rest and in transit, key and secrets handling, and common vulner

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It is a lead role. The posting asks for: seven or more years as a software engineer owning production systems, plus a technical degree or equivalent experience; advanced skill in one modern language such as Python, Go, Java or C++, with solid fundamentals; experience running services on AWS, Azure or GCP using managed services and infrastructure as code. Skills it names include Python, Go, Java, AWS.

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