Staff Software Engineer, Auth/Accounts

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

📋 Description

• Deliver technical leadership for Coalition’s identity, authentication, authorization, and account functionalities.

• Spearhead significant architecture and delivery projects related to authentication, authorization, account lifecycles, and partner collaborations.

• Establish multi-service technical strategies, which encompass API contracts, data models, migration pathways, and rollout plans.

• Convert intricate product, security, and business requirements into comprehensible designs.

• Oversee dependencies and ensure alignment among cross-functional collaborators.

• Develop scalable backend services.

• Enhance testing, observability, deployment safety, and operational dependability.

• Mentor and advance engineers across various teams.

• Engage in centralized authentication, token validation, RBAC/ReBAC, account identity and transfer processes, legacy system modernization, and event-driven services and APIs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in steering cross-team architecture and addressing high-impact technical trade-offs.

• Proficiency in API design, distributed systems, data modeling, and production operations.

• Background in high-risk areas where security, accuracy, and performance are critical.

• Capability to produce clear design documentation, align non-technical stakeholders, and mentor senior engineers.

• Demonstrated skill in integrating AI tools into everyday engineering tasks, including code exploration, design assessment, test generation, debugging, and documentation.

• Ability to critically assess AI outputs, acknowledge their limitations, and implement proper review and safety measures for security-sensitive systems.

• Bonus: Practical experience with OAuth/OIDC, JWTs, RBAC, or ReBAC systems (e.g., OpenFGA).

• Bonus: Knowledge of Go, Python, event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka), and AWS/modern CI/CD stacks.

• Bonus: Experience in security-sensitive environments, such as fintech, insurtech, or complex partner integration platforms.

• Bonus: History of developing reusable AI-assisted engineering workflows, tools, prompts, or agent skills.

• Bonus: Experience in responsibly applying AI in security-sensitive or regulated settings.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) retirement plan with an attractive employer match.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Up to 14 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

• Annual stipend for home office expenses and access to WeWork facilities.

• Wellness programs for mental and physical health, including One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more!

• Competitive salary with opportunities for career growth.

• Emphasis on a remote-first work culture.