Senior Software Engineer (IAM)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Go/IAM): Designing and operating identity services powering authentication and authorization across hirify.global with an accent on scalability, security, and low latency. Focus on extending OIDC/SAML/SCIM integrations and evolving the authorization model using ReBAC.

Location: Remote (Must be based in Canada or the United States)

Salary: $160.9K – $260.7K

Company

hirify.global is a leading developer tooling platform trusted by over 20 million users to build, share, and run applications using containers.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate Go services for authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management.
• Extend OIDC, SSO, SAML, and SCIM integrations and evolve the authorization model using ReBAC.
• Improve observability, performance, and security of identity services on the critical request path.
• Design for multi-region operation, graceful degradation, and safe rollouts of critical auth flows.
• Lead end-to-end projects, contribute to technical design, and mentor teammates in identity and security.
• Participate in a paid on-call rotation to ensure high system reliability and respond to production incidents.

Requirements

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience building production services.
• Strong proficiency in Go and solid working knowledge of PostgreSQL (schema design, query performance).
• Experience with gRPC, event-driven systems using Kafka, and operating on AWS.
• Deep understanding of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, and session management.
• Experience with authorization models, specifically RBAC and ReBAC.
• Must be based in Canada or the United States.

Nice to have

• Production experience with SCIM provisioning and enterprise SSO integrations.
• Hands-on experience with Auth0 or similar identity platforms.
• Experience operating multi-region services and understanding the associated tradeoffs.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first culture with high flexibility to fit work around your life.
• Quarterly Whaleness Days and an end-of-year Whaleness break.
• Home office setup and a technology stipend of $100 net/month.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave and a supportive PTO plan.
• Equity ownership in a growing company and training stipends for conferences and courses.