Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Backend): Shaping identity platform for payment, custody, and liquidity products with an accent on unified authentication flows, federation across providers, and fine-grained authorization. Focus on building reliable Kubernetes services, translating regulatory needs into capabilities, and leading technical direction across engineering.

Hybrid: in-office collaboration 10+ days per month.

Company

Building crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers to improve the global financial system.

What you will do

• Set technical direction for identity platform including authentication flows, federation, and fine-grained authorization.
• Lead design and delivery of unified identity experience across product portfolio.
• Build and operate platform services on Kubernetes focusing on reliability, observability, and secure secret management.
• Partner with security, compliance, and product teams to implement regulatory requirements.
• Write technical proposals and contribute to architecture discussions.
• Mentor engineers through code review, design feedback, and collaboration.

Requirements

• Backend engineering experience in Golang or Java, building and operating production apps in Kubernetes.
• Experience designing or contributing to identity systems in multi-tenant or federated contexts.
• Hands-on use of AI coding assistants and LLM-based tools in daily workflow.
• Experience collaborating across teams and writing design documents.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML in production.
• Experience with policy-as-code for authorization (attribute-based, relationship-based, or hybrid).

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment with industry leaders and professional development budget.
• In-office collaboration for key moments with team flexibility on 10+ days/month.
• Competitive salary, bonuses, equity, healthcare, retirement, family support.
• Generous vacation, parental leave, wellness reimbursement, R&R days.
• Bi-weekly all-company meetings, team offsites, bonding activities, catered lunches.