Software Engineer - Auth

About the company the company is the Postgres development platform, built by developers for developers. We provide a complete backend solution including Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector Search. All services are deeply integrated and designed for growth.

About the role

Auth, written in Go (server) and with client libraries for Type Script, SSR and for other frameworks and technologies, is one of the most popular products in the the company stack. We are seeking someone to help us build new and maintain existing Auth features.

• Designing and implementing secure, scalable authentication features in Go and Type Script.
• Working across the stack: from server-side protocols to client-side libraries for frameworks like Next.js.
• Owning the performance, reliability, and scalability of the Auth server across the company's infrastructure.
• Contributing to the evolution of our Auth architecture, including support for OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and other protocols.
• Planning and executing safe database migrations across a large fleet of Postgres instances.
• Building and improving observability: metrics, tracing, alerting, and dashboards to keep the system healthy at scale.
• Writing and reviewing RFCs as part of our product development process.
• Collaborating with engineers across the company to ensure a seamless experience for developers using our tools.
• Supporting the community and responding to developer feedback on Git Hub, Discord, and other channels.

• (Required) Have 4+ years of professional experience writing and shipping Go in production.
• (Required) Have 2+ years of professional experience working on an authentication system (implementing protocol support, maintenance at scale).
• (Required) Have strong relational database experience (Postgres or MySQL);
  Postgres experience is a bonus.
• Have strong knowledge of Type Script in addition to Go (languages used daily).
• Have strong knowledge of web technology fundamentals (cookies, sessions, JWT, HTTP, browser APIs).
• Have good knowledge of and deep interest in authentication security (passwords, protocols such as OAuth, OIDC or SAML, cryptography fundamentals such as hash functions, signatures and ciphers).
• Have experience working with multiple web frameworks like Next.js (or other SSR alternative in the JavaScript space) and traditional web frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel or equivalent (in any language).
• Have good technical writing skills (RFC process is an important part of making changes to the Auth product).
• Have hands-on experience building and operating services at significant scale.
• Have deep understanding of systems-level concerns: memory management, concurrency patterns, and compute resource optimization in Go.
• Have experience with Kubernetes and AWS (or comparable cloud platform) in a production setting.
• Have solid grasp of observability practices — metrics, distributed tracing, structured logging, and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry).
• Have experience managing database schema migrations safely at scale.

We hire globally. We believe you can do your best work from anywhere. There are no the company offices, but we provide a WeWork membership or co-working allowance you can use anywhere in the world.

Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.

Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.

the company covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents, wherever you are. Your wellbeing and your family’s health are important to us.

Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. It’s a highlight of our year.

We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.

Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.

About the Teamthe company was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.

~400 team members
60+ countries
20+ languages spoken

Over $1B raised (including our $500M Series F)540,000+ community members