Staff Backend Engineer, Passwordless

Toronto💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-08-24 → 2026-09-27

Core

Building cutting-edge phishing-resistant authenticators and passkey solutions (FIDO2/WebAuthn) to enable enterprises and consumers to adopt passwordless authentication securely.

Role type

Staff Backend Engineer (Identity & Access Management)

Builds

Phishing-resistant authenticators, passkey infrastructure, and IAM protocols for enterprise and consumer use.

Domain

Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, distributed systems design, cloud architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure), OAuth/OIDC/SAML protocols, FIDO2/WebAuthn/Passkeys, system debugging, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular/Vue.js)

Technologies

Java, AWS, GCP, Azure, FIDO2, WebAuthn, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, React, Angular, Vue.js

Responsibilities

Own and deliver major features from conception to deployment; drive design discussions and influence the roadmap; mentor engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing; troubleshoot production incidents using telemetry and observability tools.

Seniority

Staff, technical leader with mentorship responsibilities

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