Staff Backend Engineer - Auth Enablement

1Password; United States; Remote; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO (Generous)

RSU program

Retirement matching

Free 1Password account

Remote-first culture

Volunteer days

Job summary

1Password is seeking a Staff Developer for the Authentication Enablement team to migrate authentication services from a monolith to a scalable, independent service. You will drive the technical direction, ensure reliable sign-in flows, and collaborate across governance, security, and product teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on backend work, architecture decisions, and leadership across multiple quarters while supporting AI-enhanced security initiatives and robust testing practices.

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating backend services.
• Deep expertise with distributed systems and data movement with minimal downtime.
• Experience designing asynchronous workflows and migrating synchronous processes to eventual consistency.
• Working knowledge of authentication technologies (OAuth, OIDC, WebAuthn, MFA) and related security risks.
• Proven track record in setting technical direction for teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portion of the authentication service roadmap for the next 12 months.
• Own significant designs for migration of session and device management flows.
• Document and justify technical decisions balancing reliability and security.
• Define testing, observability, and safe rollout standards.
• Build platform components and propagate new distributed system standards.
• Collaborate with related teams to align authentication features with product goals.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation for tier-one services.

Skills

Backend services

Distributed systems

Async workflows

Auth tech

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

DynamoDB

Job description

1Password is seeking a Staff Developer for the Authentication Enablement team to migrate authentication services from a monolith to a scalable, independent service. You will drive the technical direction, ensure reliable sign-in flows, and collaborate across governance, security, and product teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on backend work, architecture decisions, and leadership across multiple quarters while supporting AI-enhanced security initiatives and robust testing practices.