Software Engineer, Agent Auth Experience
Core
Design and ship authentication, authorization, and access-management primitives (SSO, RBAC, audit logging, SCIM) for Render's cloud platform to empower developers and AI-native applications.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (identity & security)
Builds
Authentication and authorization systems, shared auth APIs, and security controls for users, agents, and services
Domain
Cloud infrastructure / Developer platform / Identity & Access Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Designing auth/authorization systems, API design, data modeling, caching strategies, database migrations, observability, incident response, balancing security vs product tradeoffs
Preferred skills
OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, JWTs, multi-tenant authorization (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC), policy engines, workload identity, secrets management, compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001), open-source auth/security tooling
Technologies
OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, JWT, RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC
Responsibilities
Design and ship auth/authorization systems for users, agents, and services; Evolve authorization models for clear permissions and scopes; Own security experience across the stack from interfaces to APIs and data models; Build controls and audit trails for defining and enforcing access; Design shared auth APIs and drive adoption; Operate auth systems with observability, safe rollouts, and incident response
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
