Senior Identity Platform Engineer (Remote)

Github; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock options

Remote-friendly

Job summary

GitHub's Identity organization seeks an experienced engineer to shape the identity platform. The role focuses on backend Go services for authentication and authorization, with collaboration across teams to tackle enterprise identity and API-related challenges.

Ideal candidates bring deep knowledge in modern identity standards and can influence architectural decisions while mentoring others. The position is remote-friendly across the United States and offers competitive compensation with bonus

Qualifications

• Requires 6+ years in software engineering with production software delivery in several languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python).
• Degrees aligned to CS/Engineering paths with progressive experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services in Go that power authentication, authorization, and GitHub Apps at global scale.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to solve identity challenges across auth, enterprise identity, APIs, and machine identities.
• Evaluate emerging identity technologies and security patterns to improve GitHub's platform.

Skills

6+ years experience in Software Eng

Production software in multiple langs

Education

Associate's Degree in CS/Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Master's Degree in CS/Engineering

Doctorate in CS/Engineering

Equivalent experience

Job description

GitHub's Identity organization seeks an experienced engineer to shape the identity platform. The role focuses on backend Go services for authentication and authorization, with collaboration across teams to tackle enterprise identity and API-related challenges.

Ideal candidates bring deep knowledge in modern identity standards and can influence architectural decisions while mentoring others. The position is remote-friendly across the United States and offers competitive compensation with bonus