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# Staff Software Developer, Entrust Agentic Trust

- **Company:** Entrust
- **Location:** Field, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Frameworks, Software as a Service, Data Integrity, Interoperability, Key Management, Open Source Technology, Public Key Infrastructure, Software Engineering, Agentic-AI, Information Technology, Api Management, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/080CDC82AA2A4FAA95241973D6B38945/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
 * 10+ years of professional software development experience building and operating complex distributed or security-sensitive systems.
 * Expertise in one or more modern programming languages, cloud-native system design, API contracts, data integrity, and production operations.
 * Proven ability to lead large technical initiatives across organizational boundaries without relying on positional authority.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex tradeoffs and create durable technical documentation., * Deep experience in identity, Key Management, PKI, cryptography, authorization, HSM-backed services, workload identity, transparency logs, or verifiable systems.
 * Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms and services with demanding latency, availability, and data-protection requirements.
 * Knowledge of agentic AI ecosystems, MCP, agent-to-agent interactions, AI governance, or provenance standards such as C2PA.
 * Open-source, patent, standards-body, or recognized technical community contributions.

## Description

The Staff Software Developer is a senior individual contributor who provides cross-team technical leadership for the Agentic Trust solution. The role owns complex, ambiguous problem areas that span services or build tracks and ensure implementation choices remain coherent with the four-plane reference architecture and long-term platform strategy.

The Staff Software Developer is expected to remain deeply hands-on while raising quality and technical judgment across R&D. This role shapes designs, prototypes high-risk capabilities, resolves systemic issues, and creates reusable patterns that accelerate delivery across multiple teams., * Own the technical direction and successful delivery of broad initiatives spanning multiple teams, services, or platform planes.

 * Partner with the Platform Architect and Software Development leaders to evolve reference designs, interfaces, dependency contracts, and Software Developering standards.
 * Design and implement critical platform capabilities involving identity, delegated authority, policy enforcement, trustworthy execution, evidence, or assurance.
 * Prototype uncertain or high-risk approaches and convert findings into scalable production designs.
 * Lead architecture and design reviews; surface systemic security, reliability, interoperability, and scalability risks.
 * Create reusable frameworks, libraries, reference implementations, and Software Developering guidance that improve consistency across teams.
 * Diagnose complex production and performance issues and lead cross-team remediation.
 * Mentor Software Developers and strengthen technical decision making through coaching, design feedback, and technical forums.
 * Represent R&D in strategic customer, partner, or standards discussions when deep technical expertise is required.