Sr. Software Engineer

Docusign • Seattle, WA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Protection team, you'll be a key player in building the cryptographic foundation for Docusign's global infrastructure. You'll drive the engineering for our enterprise key management platform - owning the systems that enable customers to control their own encryption keys and extending cryptographic protection across our data stores and services. Looking ahead, you'll help define how key management and cryptographic controls evolve alongside Docusign's platform - ensuring our data protection posture stays ahead of industry standards and enterprise customer expectations. Our team is passionate about delivering high-quality, fully-tested code to ensure the level of security and reliability our customers depend on. This is a hands-on role where you'll help drive technical direction, secure our platform, and directly enable Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management by delivering trusted data protection solutions to enterprise customers. This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager, Data Protection.

Requirements

• Basic 8+ years of hands-on development experience in C# or other object-oriented languages
• 8+ years of software engineering experience in high-scale distributed systems
• Experience with cloud Key Management Services (KMS) AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, GCP Cloud KMS, or equivalent - including key lifecycle management (rotation, revocation, expiry) and cross-tenant or cross-account key access patterns
• Experience with encryption fundamentals key wrapping (DEK/KEK model), asymmetric key operations, and cryptographic key lifecycle management
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with .NET microservice architecture (C#) in a high-scale production environment
• Hands-on experience with Azure Key Vault RBAC authorization model, Managed Identity integration, Encryption Scopes, and CMK-enabled data services
• Experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning at scale - laC tooling (Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent), per-tenant resource automation, and multi-region deployments
• Experience building monitoring and alerting for cryptographic services, including key access health and resource state observability
• Experience building large-scale, highly available, and reliable applications
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Design and build cryptographic key management systems that support the full key lifecycle - generation, distribution, rotation, revocation, and expiry across cloud environments at enterprise scale
• Build and maintain operational tooling for the health, observability, and reliability of cryptographic services and key integrations
• Drive adoption of encryption best practices across Docusign's platform, establishing and evolving standards for data-at-rest and data-in-transit protection
• Collaborate with engineering teams across the company to ensure their systems correctly support data protection requirements - advising on encryption patterns, key management constraints, and data isolation boundaries
• Contribute to threat modeling and security design reviews for new platform initiatives, identifying cryptographic and data protection risks early in the development lifecycle
• Develop high-quality, ship-ready code covered by a full test suite
• Conduct design and code reviews with a focus on security and availability not just coding to a spec

Benefits

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Global benefits provide options for the following: Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior