Senior Software Engineer

Role Overview

Senior Backend Engineer to design and build backend services for an enterprise identity platform in an early-stage, high-autonomy environment. Full-time remote, with candidates based in the US and able to work Eastern (ET) or Pacific (PT) time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, secure backend services from scratch for the enterprise identity platform.
• Own API design across web and service-to-service boundaries.
• Model database schemas and contribute to system architecture.
• Partner early with product and design to shape what gets built.
• Build and operate distributed, high-availability systems with enterprise-scale reliability requirements.
• Apply security best practices across the stack (“secure by design”).
• Translate product/design requirements into engineering architecture and design documents.
• Help shape engineering culture, practices, and hiring as an early team member.

Requirements

• 4+ years of production backend experience writing Go.
• Experience building and operating distributed backend systems in production.
• Early-stage startup experience (seed to Series B).
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or a related field.
• Strong API design and database schema design (SQL; Postgres preferred).
• Clear communicator who can explain technical topics to non-technical audiences.
• Collaborative, approachable style.

Nice to Have

• Kubernetes and CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Observability tooling (metrics, alerting, request tracing).
• Experience with identity/access management or other high-stakes domains (e.g., fintech).

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity.
• 21 paid company holidays and flexible PTO.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.