Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain authentication and authorization infrastructure for large-scale distributed systems.

• Implement and evolve identity protocols including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML/SSO, JWT, and session management solutions.

• Ensure the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of identity services across backend systems, APIs, and user-facing authentication flows.

• Contribute to the design of secure identity frameworks for AI and agentic workflows, including agent attribution and trust models.

• Collaborate with platform, security, and product teams to define authorization models and identity-related architecture decisions.

• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL technologies.

• Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, incident response, and operational support for identity systems.

• Identify opportunities for technical improvements and lead initiatives from concept through production deployment.

• Promote engineering best practices, security-first thinking, and operational excellence across the development lifecycle.

• Support cross-functional collaboration within a globally distributed remote engineering environment.

Requirements:

• Strong professional experience building backend systems with TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL in production environments.

• Deep expertise in authentication and identity standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, JWT, and session management.

• Proven experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting distributed systems at scale.

• Strong understanding of security principles, threat modeling, trust boundaries, and least-privilege access design.

• Ability to independently own technical challenges from architecture through implementation and maintenance.

• Experience working collaboratively in remote and distributed engineering teams.

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and system design skills.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and scalable platform services.

• Experience with Go, Lua, or Google Cloud Platform is considered a plus.

• Interest in emerging AI technologies, agentic workflows, and secure AI-driven systems is highly valued.

• Commitment to high engineering standards, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Benefits:

• Fully remote work environment within Europe with flexible working arrangements.

• Competitive salary package aligned with location and experience.

• Stock options program with long-term growth potential.

• Comprehensive healthcare and employee wellness benefits.

• Supportive and collaborative engineering culture focused on learning and innovation.

• Healthy work-life balance designed to support personal and family needs.

• Opportunity to work alongside highly skilled international engineers and product teams.

• Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies, scalable distributed systems, and modern cloud infrastructure.

• Career development opportunities within a rapidly growing and forward-thinking technology environment.

• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture that values different perspectives and experiences.

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