Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer

Biamp; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Biamp seeks a Senior Backend Engineer for a 3-month on-site contract to develop cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure for its global audiovisual conferencing solutions. Focus on identity and access control, with SpiceDB adoption to reflect customer structures.

The role involves designing and maintaining backend microservices in Go, implementing permission models, and performing zero-downtime migrations while coordinating with multiple engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of commercial software development including backend services and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong Go (Golang) proficiency and experience building microservices.
• Experience designing and building APIs (GraphQL preferred; REST/gRPC valuable).
• Hands-on experience with SpiceDB/OpenFGA or Zanzibar-style permissions.
• Experience in relational databases and SQL.
• Linux environment proficiency and shell scripting.
• Experience with agile development practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend microservices and APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) in Go.
• Implement fine-grained authorization using SpiceDB and related permission models.
• Plan zero-downtime migrations of existing customer access to new permission model.
• Build event-driven services using messaging systems like NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Maintain SQL database schemas, queries, and data migrations.
• Improve reliability, security, and performance of production services.
• Collaborate with Web, Embedded Software, QA, and Product teams; participate in code reviews.
• Document designs and processes in Confluence.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Backend development

APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)

SpiceDB / permission systems

Linux environments

SQL / relational databases

CI/CD / DevOps practices

Kubernetes / Docker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Docker

Azure Kubernetes Services

Terraform

Jira

Confluence

Job description

The Role, At a Glance

The Senior Backend Engineer is a 3-month contract position that develops cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure for Biamp’s audiovisual conferencing solutions used worldwide. This role centers on identity and access control, including the permission model, APIs, and workflows that determine what users can do across the platform. The initial priority is to use SpiceDB to replace fixed, organization-wide roles with permission sets, groups, and grants that reflect customers’ organizational structures.

The Senior Backend Engineer is a 3-month contract position that develops cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure for Biamp’s audiovisual conferencing solutions used worldwide. This role centers on identity and access control, including the permission model, APIs, and workflows that determine what users can do across the platform. The initial priority is to use SpiceDB to replace fixed, organization-wide roles with permission sets, groups, and grants that reflect customers’ organizational structures.

How You'll Contribute

• Design, build, and maintain backend microservices and APIs (REST, GraphQL, and gRPC), primarily in Go
• Design and implement fine-grained authorization (role-, resource-, and relationship-based) using SpiceDB
• Plan and carry out zero-downtime, verifiably equivalent migrations of existing customer access to the new permission model
• Build event-driven services using messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ
• Design and maintain SQL database schemas, queries, and data migrations
• Troubleshoot and improve the reliability, security, and performance of production services
• Work with the Web, Embedded Software, Product Verification (QA), and Product Management teams to deliver features and resolve issues
• Participate in code reviews and document designs and processes in Confluence
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor

A Successful Candidate Should Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Hands-on experience with AI agentic coding tools (such as Claude Code) as a core part of daily development, including directing agents through multi-step tasks, reviewing and validating AI-generated code, and building reusable skills and tool integrations (MCP)
• 6+ years of commercial software development, including backend services and cloud infrastructure
• Proficiency in Go (Golang) and experience building microservices
• Experience designing and building APIs, with GraphQL preferred. Exposure to REST or gRPC is also valuable
• Experience with SpiceDB, OpenFGA, or other Zanzibar-style permission systems
• Experience designing relationship-based, hierarchical authorization models (ReBAC), including inherited and delegated access
• Experience with SQL and relational databases
• Experience working in Linux environments, including administration and shell scripting
• Experience with agile development practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently and in a team

Some Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience with Zitadel, Auth0, or similar OIDC providers
• Experience with SCIM provisioning and SSO identity providers (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID)
• Experience with message systems such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ
• Experience with Terraform for building and managing infrastructure
• CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket
• Experience with Microsoft Azure

Tools & Collaboration

Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Azure Kubernetes Services, Terraform, Jira, and Confluence.

Work Environment

This is a 3-month, on-site contract position. Biamp does not have a remote or hybrid work policy for this role.

Who is Biamp?

We make the world’s most extraordinary audio and video solutions. For over 50 years, Biamp has created andinnovatedprofessional audiovisual solutions that enablegreat communication. From the smallest of rooms to the largest of venues, we empower true human connection in every space.

As we grow to meet our customers’ needs and evolve to address the challenges of tomorrow, one guiding principle remains the same: Biamp connects people through extraordinary audiovisual experiences.

About our company:

At Biamp, we believe the employment relationship should be reciprocal.We want you to love your job, and we want your expertise and knowledge to help drive our business forward.We champion a supportive and dynamic environment filled with passionate people who choose continuous improvement over perfection. We insist on clear, explicit decision making, believe in taking calculated risks, and celebrate tough decisions even when theydon’tsucceed. We look for people whodesirethe best from themselves and encourage the same from their coworkers. Our commitment to one another and to the common goal is the most consistent reliable path to recurring success for all of us.