Software Engineer — Key Management & Secrets (Go / Kubernetes / Cryptography)
Barcelona, Spain·Added 2 months ago
What they offer
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.
What they ask for
Have the right to work in Spain
Q-TECH doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.
Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Barcelona for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
The role
One of the largest retail companies in Europe is building its ownsovereign cloudfrom the ground up - infrastructure designed so that the business's critical data and services live within the European Union, fully independent of the major US or Asian providers.
Within that platform there's a team that doesn't build customer-facing features, but something far more fundamental:the system that protects, encrypts, and manages every key and secret the rest of the platform depends on.Without this team, nothing else can be considered secure.
We're looking for the person who will join that team as a Software Engineer.
What you'll build
TheKey Management Service (KMS): the central system that generates, rotates, and protects encryption keys across the entire platform.
Envelope Encryptionflows (multi-layer encryption), managing the relationship between data keys and master keys.
Kubernetes Operatorsthat fully automate this system's lifecycle - with no manual intervention.
APIsthat other teams across the company will use to request keys, sign documents, or verify signatures, without needing to understand cryptography themselves.
A product that must meet the industry's toughest security standards (AES, RSA, ECDSA, HMAC) and the audit requirements of a high-risk cloud environment.
You'll work under a"you build it, you run it"model: what you design, you operate. No launching it and walking away.
What we're looking for
Real experience building software inGo, withKubernetesas a core part of your day-to-day - not just deploying on it, but buildingOperators.
Solid knowledge ofapplied cryptography: symmetric and asymmetric encryption, key management, digital signatures.
Ideally, you come from a cybersecurity company, a cloud provider, or a platform/infrastructure team that already works with these concepts daily.
You care about security not as a checkbox, but as the core of what you build.
High level of English - the team works with international counterparts.
Why this project
You'll build critical infrastructure with a high degree of technical autonomy: the team operates independently in order to sign off on security for the rest of the platform.
You'll be part of one of the largest infrastructure projects currently being built in Europe, with strong team growth plans over the coming months.
You'll work on real engineering problems, not business features - the kind of work few retail companies offer in-house.
Working model Hybrid:2 days in the office (Barcelona) / 3 days remote.
About Q-TECH
Q-TECH is a technology recruitment company founded in 2000, with a team of 20 people and annual revenue of approximately 2 million euros. The company specializes in connecting IT professionals with companies, focusing on tech talent acquisition across various departments including backend, frontend, data, infrastructure, and more.
Q-TECH operates with a hybrid work model in Barcelona, Spain, and emphasizes a close, authentic approach to recruitment. The company is active in the IT community and offers roles in areas such as cloud administration, software development, and project management, making it a potential opportunity for international tech professionals seeking to work in Spain.
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