Senior Backend Engineer, Identity Platform (Zero-Trust)

Leadout Capital; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an experienced backend engineer for the Production IAM stack. You will help deliver features spanning Kerberos, TOTP, and WebAuthn, using Java, Go, or C#.

You will work with product owners and tech leads to scope work, implement secure services, and ensure high-availability in a tier-0 identity platform. You will contribute to design, review code, and participate in on-call rotations for a critical production service, leveraging Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• Strong production experience building backend services in Java/Go/C#.
• Familiarity with identity/federation protocols (Kerberos, LDAP, WebAuthn, TOTP).
• Experience deploying distributed services in Public Cloud (AWS/GCP) or hybrid on Kubernetes.
• Solid fundamentals: data structures, testing, code review, CI/CD, Agile.
• Security-first mindset for identity-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver features for the Authentication Platform service portfolio (Kerberos, TOTP, WebAuthn).
• Contribute to design specs and spikes; work with senior engineers on design.
• Implement identity protocols and work with SAML/OIDC for interoperability.

Skills

Java

Go

C#

Distributed services

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Salesforce is seeking an experienced backend engineer for the Production IAM stack. You will help deliver features spanning Kerberos, TOTP, and WebAuthn, using Java, Go, or C#.

You will work with product owners and tech leads to scope work, implement secure services, and ensure high-availability in a tier-0 identity platform. You will contribute to design, review code, and participate in on-call rotations for a critical production service, leveraging Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud deployments.