Senior IAM Backend Engineer: Scalable Auth & Identity

Reddit; United States; On-site; USD 190,800 - 267,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401k with Employer Match

Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

Generous Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Reddit is seeking an experienced professional for the Identity and Access Management team to design and implement authentication and authorization systems for millions of users. You will build scalable solutions while mentoring and collaborating across various teams.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in security-sensitive domains. This role offers competitive compensation including a base salary of $190,800 — $267,100, and comprehensive healthcare benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience designing large-scale distributed backend systems.
• 2+ years focused on security-sensitive domains like IAM and Security.
• Proficiency in Go or other programming languages is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable architecture for identity and access management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement IAM vision.
• Mentor and coach other technical contributors.

Skills

Backend system design

Authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML)

Programming in Go

Cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, AWS, GCP)

Communication skills

Job description

Reddit is seeking an experienced professional for the Identity and Access Management team to design and implement authentication and authorization systems for millions of users. You will build scalable solutions while mentoring and collaborating across various teams.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in security-sensitive domains. This role offers competitive compensation including a base salary of $190,800 — $267,100, and comprehensive healthcare benefits.