Backend Engineer, Identity
Core
Building secure identity, authorization, and authentication services for a distributed network platform.
Role type
Backend Engineer (Identity & Access Management)
Builds
Control plane, platform, and identity services including SSO, OAuth2, SAML, and SCIM capabilities.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Distributed Systems / Identity Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SSO, SAML), SCIM, distributed systems, SQL databases, Go programming language, observability, incident response, network fundamentals (IP addressing, routing)
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated as preferred beyond the 'plus' items which are already in Required skills or soft skills.
Technologies
Go, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, SQL
Responsibilities
Design, build, test, and document core software components; develop features for control plane, platform, and identity services; implement sign-on functionality (SSO, OAuth2, SAML, WebAuthn); synchronize users and groups via SCIM; maintain running services with observability and incident response; analyze and improve system efficiency, scalability, and stability; participate in on-call rotation for incident triage.
Seniority
Individual Contributor (IC), early-stage startup environment
