Senior Software Engineer, Authentication

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and monitor high-performance backend services and APIs utilizing Go and Python.

• Construct and maintain cloud-native services across AWS and GCP, which includes data pipelines that support ML and risk models.

• Deliver features throughout the complete software development lifecycle by employing CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.

• Address complex engineering challenges related to authentication, identity, and fraud prevention.

• Integrate AI/ML functionalities and productionize models into scalable, observable services.

• Leverage metrics, logging, tracing, and dashboards to diagnose production issues and enhance reliability and latency.

• Collaborate with engineering, test engineering, research, product, Protect, Passport, and Core teams.

• Engage in the on-call rotation, which includes after-hours notifications.

• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and design review processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–7+ years of professional software development experience in building backend services and APIs.

• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or comparable programming languages.

• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and Linux-based development.

• Practical experience designing and operating cloud-native systems within AWS or GCP.

• Familiarity with managed services such as S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, and IAM.

• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and production ownership.

• Proven ability to deploy, monitor, troubleshoot, and support live services.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills across various functions.

• Capability to independently drive projects from design to production.

• Ability to effectively operate in security-sensitive, ambiguous, and high-stakes environments.

• A mentorship mindset with a willingness to learn and teach new tools, including AI tooling.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, which includes RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees.

• Remote-first environment that offers flexibility and autonomy.

• Regular team on-site gatherings, company-wide events, and planned meetups.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Comprehensive health and welfare plans, including one employer-paid employee-only plan.

• Industry-leading Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution.

• Affordable vision and dental plans for employees and their families.

• Paid Parental Leave for birth, adoptive, and foster parents.

• One year of diaper delivery for the newest family addition.

• Recurring monthly allowance for phone and internet expenses.

• Enhanced benefits for fertility and GLP-1 treatments.

• Annual Learning & Development stipend to support professional growth, skill-building, certifications, and continued education.