Senior IAM Engineer - Scale Identity & Access

DigitalOcean; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,800 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Career development opportunities

Reimbursement for conferences and training

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Customer Trust & Engineering team. Location: Seattle, WA, USA. This role focuses on Identity and Access Management, where you'll design high-availability authentication services and lead innovation efforts. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in software engineering, expert proficiency in Go, and a strong background in identity protocols. The compensation range is $140,800 - $176,000, with a hybrid work structure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in Go.
• Deep knowledge of identity protocols and access control models.
• Proven ability with high-scale distributed systems.
• Working experience with Kubernetes and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop authentication and authorization services.
• Implement OIDC and SAML integrations for SSO.
• Enhance the Policy Engine for advanced permissions.
• Ensure service reliability and security.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Identity protocols (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML)

Go language proficiency

Distributed systems expertise

Kubernetes

Problem-solving

Tools

gRPC

SQL (MySQL)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Job description

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Customer Trust & Engineering team. Location: Seattle, WA, USA. This role focuses on Identity and Access Management, where you'll design high-availability authentication services and lead innovation efforts. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in software engineering, expert proficiency in Go, and a strong background in identity protocols. The compensation range is $140,800 - $176,000, with a hybrid work structure.