Senior Software Engineer (Identity & Access Management, FedRAMP)

We’re seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team

IAM is a platform and a product team. We serve internal engineers by providing them a secure and durable suite of services, and we serve external customers by providing them user facing features and products

We are the owners of Atlas’ authentication (OAuth, SSO, Federated Identity) and authorization (RBAC, ABAC) systems, along with many others

The IAM team’s mission is to enable customers to securely build their applications with Atlas through our best in class user experience

Design, architect, build, and deliver core pieces of IAM

Lead projects from specification to delivery

Mentor and grow other team members

Improve our codebase, best practices, and design principles

Define your top priorities and focuses, communicate them, and execute against them

Lead and contribute to complex technical projects and initiatives

Success Measures:

In 1 week you’ll have completed your first pull request

In 3 months, you’ll have contributed to a large project

In 6 months, you’ll be leading the design and execution of your own project

Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest

5+ years experience of software engineering, primarily focused on backend systems

Has a passion for problem solving and learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering

Willingness to learn JavaScript and/or TypeScript along with modern frontend technologies (React, Redux, etc.); prior experience a plus

Experience building identity and access management systems such as authentication (OAuth, SSO), authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), and login and registration systems a plus

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor fellow engineers

Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)