Staff Developer, Authentication Enablement
Core
Architecting and migrating the authentication service to decouple it from the main platform monolith, ensuring secure sign-in for users and AI agents via OAuth, OIDC, WebAuthn, and passkeys.
Role type
Staff Developer (Backend/Infrastructure)
Builds
Independent authentication service handling production traffic, session management, and device trust for 1Password apps.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Required skills
Backend service architecture, distributed systems, data consistency, asynchronous workflows, authentication protocols (OAuth, OIDC, WebAuthn, passkeys), technical leadership, mentoring.
Preferred skills
Go, Java, C#, Rust, C++, Python, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, DynamoDB, Secure Remote Password protocol, SLO management.
Responsibilities
Lead technical direction for authentication service migration, design session and device management flows, set testing and observability standards, partner with Security and Identity teams, participate in on-call rotation.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
