Engineer III, Cloud - Authentication & Authorization (Cybersecurity)

Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA; hybrid work with 2–3 days per week on-site

Salary: $120,000–$180,000 per year, plus eligibility for bonuses, equity grants, and benefits.

Company

Cybersecurity company building an AI-native platform that protects organizations and processes nearly 3 trillion events per day.

What you will do

• Lead backend engineering efforts from prototypes through large-scale applications.
• Build and extend internal and external authentication and authorization services for cloud products.
• Design cloud systems that scale to millions of events per second and terabytes of data per day.
• Collaborate with multiple product groups to define and deliver platform capabilities.
• Improve architecture, knowledge models, performance, stability, and user experience.
• Mentor developers, contribute to open source, and promote effective engineering practices.

Requirements

• Degree in computer science or equivalent experience with data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• 6+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, scalability, sharding, partitioning, horizontal scaling, concurrency, and parallel processing.
• Experience with testing, code review, resilient architecture, continuous integration, and production software delivery.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, test-driven, iterative environment.
• Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, workflows, efficiency, and business outcomes.

Nice to have

• Experience with Go, AWS, GCP, SpiceDB, OpenFGA, Zanzibar, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with SAML, OAuth, SSO, OIDC, and JWT.
• Authorship or leadership of successful open-source libraries and projects.
• Cybersecurity or intelligence experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with a vibrant office culture and workplace amenities.
• Health, physical wellness, and mental wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation and holiday time.
• Paid parental and adoption leave.
• Professional development opportunities and employee networks.
• Bonuses, equity grants, health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.