Senior Backend Software Engineer, Authorization San Jose Regular
Listed on 2026-01-09
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Software Development
Backend Developer
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Authorization
Location:
San Jose
Team:
Technology
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code:
A165590
ResponsibilitiesAbout the Team:
Welcome to the Authorization Services Team! We are the backbone of the company's security infrastructure, responsible for providing cutting-edge authorization services that are integral to nearly every employee and microservice within our organization. Our mission is to develop and sustain a state-of-the-art model that enforces the principle of least privilege throughout all operations. Our user-friendly interfaces enable employees and microservices to interact seamlessly with our authorization systems, making complex security protocols both accessible and manageable.
Job Responsibilities:
Lead the design, implementation, and long-term maintenance of critical backend services or our authorization systems, making sound architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, and security.
Drive performance optimization efforts across the stack, proactively identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions to support high throughput, low latency, and predictable system behavior under load.
Champion security best practices by design, including least-privilege principles, defense-in-depth strategies, and secure coding standards, ensuring our authorization services meet high security and compliance requirements.
Set a high bar for code quality through thoughtful design, thorough reviews, and comprehensive automated testing, improving the maintainability, reliability, and robustness of the codebase.
Lead complex debugging and incident resolution efforts, develop tools and processes to improve observability, and contribute to the overall reliability and availability of our systems.
Collaborate closely with engineers, security specialists, product partners, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions, mentor junior engineers, and influence the team’s technical direction and best practices.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with 4+ years of experience building, operating, and scaling production backend systems.
- Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, C++ or similar.
- Proven experience writing comprehensive automated tests, performing effective code reviews, and debugging complex production issues to ensure high standards of code quality and reliability.
- Solid experience designing backend systems, including RESTful APIs, microservices or service-oriented architectures, and data models using SQL and No
SQL databases. - Demonstrated experience building and optimizing high-throughput, high-availability systems, with a strong understanding of performance tuning and scalability trade-offs.
- Practical knowledge of backend security principles and best practices, including authentication, authorization, least-privilege access, and secure service-to-service.
- Experience leading design discussions, mentoring engineers, and raising the technical bar through code reviews and engineering best practices.
- Strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver end-to-end backend solutions.
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187040 - $359720 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan…
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