Principal Engineer

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Who we are</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at <a href="http://www.digicert.com/">www.digicert.com</a></span></p></div><p style="line-height: 1.4;"> </p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job summary</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Principal Software Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for designing, delivering, and evolving critical services within the DNS platform. This role leads complex initiatives across teams, ensures high standards of scalability, reliability, and security, and provides strong technical guidance while remaining hands-on in design and implementation. The Principal Engineer partners closely with Architects, Product, and Engineering Managers to translate strategic direction into sound technical execution and predictable delivery.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"> </p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will do</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-1" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-0">Lead the design and implementation of complex services and cross-team initiatives within the DNS platform.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-1" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-0">Own technical design for major features and platform enhancements, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-1" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-0">Contribute hands-on to implementation, particularly in high-risk or technically challenging areas.</div> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1"></div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Participate in and contribute to architecture reviews, RFCs, and design discussions, driving high-quality technical outcomes.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Collaborate with Architects to ensure alignment with platform standards and long-term direction.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Identify technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies to reduce delivery and operational risk.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Improve system observability, performance, and operational readiness across owned services.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Drive improvements in code quality, testing standards, CI/CD practices, and deployment reliability.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Mentor Senior and Mid-level Engineers, providing guidance on system design, debugging, and production excellence.</div> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div id="page-2" class="_kqswh2mm _bfhku67f _18u01wug _2hwx1wug" data-testid="page-1">Serve as a technical escalation point during major incidents related to owned systems.</div> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"> </p> <p style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:…