Senior Foundations Backend Engineer (Identity & Auth)

NetBox Labs, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an experienced backend engineer to lead a core Foundations area such as identity, authentication, or access control. You will design and build backend services in collaboration with other teams and own delivery from design through production.

You will mentor engineers, break large projects into milestones, communicate risk early, and help align technical work with product priorities while advancing Linux and distributed systems fundamentals in a

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience, including ownership of complex backend systems.
• Backend programming experience in Python or Go.
• Experience in Platform Engineering or building common platform components.
• A track record of breaking large projects into milestones and delivering on time.
• Experience mentoring engineers through code review and design review.
• Strong Linux and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Comfort working across teams to align technical work with product priorities.
• Experience with incorporating AI into a development workflow and authoring AI-enhanced tooling.

Responsibilities

• Act as the team's go-to expert for a core area of Foundations, such as identity, authentication, or access control.
• Design and build backend services for the platform in collaboration with other teams.
• Own delivery of complex components within Foundations projects, from design through production.
• Break large projects into well-defined milestones.
• Communicate risk and status early.
• Investigate and fix tough technical problems the team encounters.
• Identify technical debt and risk before it grows into a larger business problem.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, code review, and design review.
• Communicate technical decisions clearly in design docs and team meetings.
• Partner with Product and other engineering teams to align technical work with priorities.

Skills

Python

Go

Mentoring

Tools

Kubernetes

NetBox

OAuth/SSO

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an experienced backend engineer to lead a core Foundations area such as identity, authentication, or access control. You will design and build backend services in collaboration with other teams and own delivery from design through production.

You will mentor engineers, break large projects into milestones, communicate risk early, and help align technical work with product priorities while advancing Linux and distributed systems fundamentals in a