Staff Software Engineer

One Identity; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

One Identity's OneLogin team is seeking Staff Software Engineers who own their work end-to-end, bring strong technical judgment, and act with urgency. These roles require T-shaped engineers who can operate across backend, APIs, cloud, and operations while improving reliability and reducing operational burden.

You will drive modernization strategies, decompose monoliths using patterns like strangler fig, ensure API and data contract compatibility, and balance velocity with stability.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering with ownership of production systems.
• Strong backend development experience (Ruby, Node.js, or similar).
• REST APIs, service contracts, distributed systems, and design patterns.
• AWS & Cloud-Native experience in building and operating cloud services.
• CI/CD practices and modern deployment workflows.
• Observability tools used to monitor production systems (Datadog preferred).
• On-Call and incident response experience.
• Interest in AI-assisted development tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Execute and evolve an incremental modernization strategy, safely transitioning legacy systems into well-bounded services while maintaining reliability and continuity
• Decompose monolithic systems incrementally using patterns such as strangler fig
• Manage coexistence between legacy and modern systems during transition
• Design clear service boundaries, contracts, and data ownership models
• Ensure backward compatibility and safe evolution of APIs and data during migration
• Improve performance, scalability, and maintainability as part of modernization efforts
• Identify and prioritize high-impact areas for migration based on risk and value

Skills

Monolith modernization

Service decomposition

API contracts

AWS & Cloud-Native

CI/CD

Observability

On-Call

AI-augmented engineering

Tools

Datadog

Job description

Overview

One Identity 's OneLogin team is seeking Staff Software Engineer s who operate with high ownership, strong technical judgment, and a bias for action. These roles are designed for engineers who identify and solve problems proactively - not just execute assigned work. Senior Engineers at OneLogin are expected to operate as T-shaped engineers: deep in a primary domain while remaining capable across the stack (backend, APIs, cloud, and operations). You will play a key role in maintaining product velocity, improving system reliability, and reducing operational burden. This is a hands-on role that includes on-call responsibilities and requires a strong commitment to modern engineering practices, including AI-augmented development. We are looking for engineers who take full ownership - design, build, test, deploy, and operate - rather than handing work off between silos. In this role, you will execute and evolve an incremental modernization strategy (e.g., strangler fig), safely transitioning legacy systems into scalable services while maintaining reliability and system continuity.

Responsibilities

• Execute and evolve an incremental modernization strategy, safely transitioning legacy systems into well-bounded services while maintaining reliability and continuity


• Decompose monolithic systems incrementally using patterns such as strangler fig


• Manage coexistence between legacy and modern systems during transition


• Design clear service boundaries, contracts, and data ownership models


• Ensure backward compatibility and safe evolution of APIs and data during migration


• Improve performance, scalability, and maintainability as part of modernization efforts


• Identify and prioritize high-impact areas for migration based on risk and value

Ideal Experience

• Hands-on experience incrementally modernizing monolithic systems in production environments


• Experience with migration patterns such as strangler fig, parallel run, or phased rollouts


• Strong understanding of system decomposition, including service boundaries and data ownership


• Experience maintaining backward compatibility and managing API/data contracts during system evolution


• Experience working with legacy systems and evolving them under real-world constraints


• Experience debugging and validating behavior across both legacy and newly extracted services


• Ability to balance migration velocity with system stability and risk


• Familiarity with observability practices to validate system behavior during migrations


• Experience using AI tools to analyze legacy systems, understand behavior, or accelerate refactoring and migration efforts

Qualifications

Software Development 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with ownership of production systems and operational improvements Strong backend development experience (Ruby, Node.js, or similar) Solid understanding of REST APIs, service contracts, distributed systems, and common software design patterns Experience working across backend systems, APIs, and production environments Quality & Testing Hands-on experience with automated testing across unit, integration, and API layers Strong ownership of code quality, including testing, debugging, and validation AWS & Cloud-Native Experience Experience building and operating cloud-native services in AWS Familiarity with CI/CD practices and modern deployment workflows Observability & Production Operations Experience using observability tools (e.g. Datadog or equivalent) to monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues Familiarity with incident response and continuous reliability improvements On-Call & Incident Response Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and support production issue resolution AI-Augmented Engineering Experience with or strong interest in AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor) and the ability to effectively evaluate AI-generated solutions

Company Description

One Identity enables organizations of all sizes to better secure, manage, monitor, protect, and analyze information and infrastructure to help fuel innovation and drive their businesses forward. With team members around the globe, we intend to continue to grow revenues and add value to customers. When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to build and develop products at a scale few others can provide. Our product portfolio serves a large base of customers and we are addressing the strategic imperatives for enterprise businesses. Working with some of the most talented employees the industry has to offer, we provide enhanced career opportunities for team members to learn and grow in a rapidly changing environment.

One Identity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: One Identity is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.