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Principal Engineer Cryptography
Godaddy Com LLC · 🇺🇸 United States
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 33 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Godaddy Com LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles15 certified filings for “Engineer - Software Development” (Software Developers) in WA: $118k–$149k, median $137k. Most were filed at wage level II (56%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 33 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Location Details: United States, Remote At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely. This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands. Join our team At GoDaddy, we are seeking an exceptional Principal Compliance Engineer - PKI with deep technical expertise to define requirements and guide the evolution of our Certificate Authority (CA) platform. Reporting to GoDaddy's Vice President Engineering Partners, you will translate industry standards into technical requirements, define specifications for compliance automation, and provide technical guidance for next-generation cryptographic systems. This role combines technical leadership with strategic requirements development, focusing on post-quantum cryptography readiness, certificate lifecycle automation, and CA infrastructure resilience. What you'll get to do... Technical Standards & Requirements Leadership • Actively participate in standards bodies such as the IETF, representing GoDaddy in working groups for TLS and related SSL standards CA Infrastructure & Systems Requirements • Conduct deep-dive technical assessments of CA infrastructure, identifying architectural gaps, security vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks • Define technical requirements for the evolution of certificate issuance pipelines, HSM integrations, and cryptographic key management systems • Specify requirements for automated testing frameworks for compliance validation, including CT log integration, OCSP responder infrastructure, and revocation mechanisms • Develop automation scripts for compliance testing and validation processes • Define SLIs/SLOs focused on certificate issuance latency, system availability, and compliance metrics • Document requirements for infrastructure-as-code solutions for CA deployment, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures Cryptographic Systems & Innovation • Research and define requirements for post-quantum cryptographic algorithms (e.g., ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) and hybrid certificate chains • Develop migration strategies and technical requirements for transitioning legacy cryptographic systems to next-generation algorithms • Create technical specifications for proof-of-concept implementations for emerging standards (ACME extensions, certificate transparency v2, delegated credentials) • Collaborate with cryptography researchers to evaluate algorithm performance, key sizes, and implementation trade-offs Platform Requirements & Automation • Define the technical requirements roadmap for CA platform capabilities including certificate lifecycle automation, API development, and integration frameworks • Specify requirements for scalable APIs and automation tools for certificate issuance, renewal, and revocation workflows • Document specifications for self-service platforms and tools to reduce manual intervention in certificate operations • Develop automated testing scripts and define requirements for continuous compliance monitoring systems with automated remediation capabilities Technical Collaboration & Documentation • Partner with security engineering teams on threat modeling, secure coding practices, and vulnerability management • Lead architecture reviews and technical design sessions with cross-functional engineering teams, providing requirements and guidance • Establish technical documentation standards and compliance engineering re