Senior Software Engineer - Identity
160k - 300k USD
Remote
Full Time
#Engineering
#Identity Management
#Access Control
#Go
#Rust
#C++
#Cloud
#Distributed Systems
#OAuth
#OpenID Connect
#SAML
#SCIM
At StrongDM, we put people first in everything we do, from the way we build products to the way we support our customers. Our commitment to this principle has earned us an industry-leading 98% customer retention rate, and our values of embracing the mission, pursuing mastery, putting people first, and being smarter together guide every decision we make. We develop secure, high-throughput networking systems in Go that serve a growing base of enterprise customers who rely on our technology every day.
About the Role
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Identity to join our team on a full-time basis. In this position, you will design, develop, and enhance our identity management and access control systems, working on highly concurrent, scalable, and high-performance distributed systems that power secure authentication and authorization features for enterprise customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly concurrent, scalable, and high-performance distributed systems in Go.
- Create secure and scalable solutions that enable new security, authentication, and authorization features.
- Collaborate with Product Management to understand and prioritize use cases, scope requirements, and serve as a subject matter expert on the Identity team.
Requirements
- Seven or more years of experience developing distributed systems in a cloud environment such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, serving enterprise customers.
- Strong systems background with fundamentals in operating systems, distributed systems, networking, and databases.
- Experience with identity management protocols and frameworks including OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, and SCIM, as well as identity and access management domains.
- Affinity for lower-level and systems programming topics such as threading and concurrency.
- Expert command of Go, Rust, C, C++, or a similar programming language.
Location
This role is fully remote and open to candidates located anywhere.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range for this position is $160,000 to $300,000, depending on experience, plus equity packages. We also offer company-sponsored benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost to employees and dependents, 401K, HSA, FSA, short and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance. Additional perks include six weeks of combined accrued vacation and sick time, volunteer days, standard holidays, 24 weeks of paid parental leave for everyone plus one month of transition time back and a childcare stipend for the first year, and a generous monthly and annual stipend for internet and home office expenses.
