Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Auth Architecture

Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend & WeWork access

Wellness programs

Competitive compensation & advancement

Job summary

Coalition is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across authentication, authorization, and account lifecycles on a multi-service platform. You will translate security challenges into architecture, lead cross-team initiatives from design to production, and raise engineering standards across the org.

Join a remote-first environment where you mentor engineers, shape API design, and drive scalable backend solutions with a focus on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of guiding cross-team architecture and resolving high-impact technical trade-offs.
• Expertise in API design, distributed systems, data modeling, and production operations.
• Experience with high-risk domains where security, correctness, and performance are paramount.
• Ability to write clear design docs, align non-technical stakeholders, and mentor senior engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into daily engineering work, including code exploration, design analysis, test generation, debugging, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead major architecture and delivery initiatives across authentication, authorization, account lifecycles, and partner relationships.
• Architecture & API Design: Define multi-service technical direction—including API contracts, data models, migration paths, and rollout strategies.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Translate complex product, security, and business requirements into clear designs, managing dependencies and alignment across cross-functional partners.
• Engineering Excellence: Build scalable backend services while improving testing, observability, deployment safety, and operational reliability.
• Mentorship: Guide and grow engineers across teams, elevating technical design skills and multiplying engineering impact.

Skills

Staff Leadership

Backend Fundamentals

High Stakes Security

Communication Mentorship

AI Fluency

Tools

OAuth/OIDC

JWTs

RBAC

ReBAC

Go

Python

Kafka

AWS/CI/CD

Job description

Coalition is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across authentication, authorization, and account lifecycles on a multi-service platform. You will translate security challenges into architecture, lead cross-team initiatives from design to production, and raise engineering standards across the org.

Join a remote-first environment where you mentor engineers, shape API design, and drive scalable backend solutions with a focus on security and reliability.