Senior Backend Engineer, IAM
Core
Design, build, and ship scalable backend services for authentication, authorization, and identity management for Reddit's millions of daily users and engineering organization.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (IAM)
Builds
Mission-critical, highly performant, and scalable identity and access management systems
Domain
Internet / Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Large-scale distributed backend systems design, Security-sensitive domain expertise (IAM, Security, Privacy), Authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), Session management, Authorization models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC), Centralized authorization engines, General purpose programming languages (Go), Cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP)
Preferred skills
High empathy, Excellent communication skills
Technologies
Go, Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP
Responsibilities
Steer high-leverage projects aligning with company goals, Build performant and scalable IAM architecture, Mentor and coach technical contributors, Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
