Lead Backend Security Engineer (Kotlin, Kubernetes)

Greenhouse Software, Inc.; Oslo; Hybrid; NOK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DEI focus

Modern culture

Flat structure

Mentorship

Cognite HUB

Private health services

Subsidized lunch

Coffee bar

On-site gym

Robot Garden

Job summary

Cognite is seeking a Principal Engineer to own security‑critical backend systems, shaping how our platform is secured and used. You’ll architect authentication/authorization services, scale APIs and microservices on Kubernetes, and mentor teams across the organization.

The role emphasizes building secure, observable systems with modern tech in a hybrid setting, primarily based from Oslo. You will influence the technical roadmap and partner with diverse teams globally.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating distributed backend systems in a modern, typed language.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin. We value deep expertise and pragmatic tool choice.
• Deep expertise in authentication and authorization concepts (OIDC, OAuth2, RBAC/ABAC) for secure services.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, including Elasticsearch and major cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build core authentication and authorization services to protect customer data.
• Design and scale resilient gRPC/HTTP APIs and microservices on Kubernetes for high availability.
• Drive backend innovation with clean, maintainable code and scalable service architecture.
• Lead initiatives like threat modeling, performance tuning, and reliability engineering.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate to shape a secure-by-default technical roadmap.

Skills

Kotlin

Distributed backend systems

Authentication/Authorization

gRPC/HTTP APIs

Cloud-native technologies

Tools

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Job description

Cognite is seeking a Principal Engineer to own security‑critical backend systems, shaping how our platform is secured and used. You’ll architect authentication/authorization services, scale APIs and microservices on Kubernetes, and mentor teams across the organization.

The role emphasizes building secure, observable systems with modern tech in a hybrid setting, primarily based from Oslo. You will influence the technical roadmap and partner with diverse teams globally.