Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Security Platform

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Remote friendly with WeWork access

Unlimited PTO and company-wide offtime

401(k) match

Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends

Salary top-up during military reserve

Fully paid parental leave

Child and pet care reimbursement

Job summary

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI-driven authentication and authorization platforms to deter adversaries and support secure operations. Join us to own the self-service platform for users, groups, and permissions, and to evolve management interfaces and shared authorization capabilities with product engineering.

This remote-friendly role shapes the long-term roadmap of the Security Platform team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong backend expertise in Python or Java.
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in frontend technologies including React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
• Experience with identity concepts such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, RBAC/ABAC, or SSO.
• Experience with Keycloak or OpenFGA is a plus.
• Strong product intuition and ability to thrive in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale Vannevar's centralized authentication and authorization platform, including tenant isolation across customer environments.
• Own the internal self-service platform for user, group, and permission management.
• Build tooling and visualizations to help users understand and validate access permissions.
• Evolve platform management interfaces, including the feature flag system.
• Partner with product engineering teams to build shared authorization and resource-sharing capabilities.
• Shape the long-term roadmap for the Security Platform team.

Skills

Python

Java

PostgreSQL

React

TypeScript

Node.js

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

SAML

JWT

RBAC/ABAC

SSO

Keycloak

OpenFGA

Product intuition

Security clearance

User-facing product experience

Tools

Keycloak

OpenFGA

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build and scale Vannevar's centralized authentication and authorization platform, including tenant isolation across customer environments
• Own the internal self-service platform for user, group, and permission management
• Build tooling and visualizations to help users understand and validate access permissions
• Evolve platform management interfaces, including the feature flag system
• Partner with product engineering teams to build shared authorization and resource-sharing capabilities
• Shape the long-term roadmap for the Security Platform team

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong backend expertise in Python or Java
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL and distributed systems
• Proficiency in frontend technologies including React, TypeScript, and Node.js
• Experience with identity concepts such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, RBAC/ABAC, or SSO
• Experience with Keycloak or OpenFGA is a plus
• Strong product intuition and ability to thrive in ambiguous environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Security clearance or ability to obtain one
• Prior experience working in a user-facing product role

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Remote friendly with WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO and company-wide off time
• 401(k) match
• Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

About the Company

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to model adversary behavior, simulate campaigns, and recommend the best course of action to decision makers in the national security and intelligence communities.