Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer Authentication Platform)
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This remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or SaskatchewanFull-TimeSenior
SalaryCAN base pay range per year: $153,000 - $213,000 CAD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonJavaKotlinKubernetesMySQLDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, Kotlin, or Java.
- Track record of developing highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with relational databases, event-driven architectures, and RPC or API frameworks.
- Experience defining technical plans for significant feature or system component delivery.
- Proficiency in making significant changes in a large codebase using safe testing strategies, migrations, and rollouts.
- Familiarity with standards and protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, WebAuthn/passkeys, FIDO2, JWTs, and public-key cryptography.
- Knowledge of security and assurance frameworks such as NIST Digital Identity Guidelines or PCI DSS.
- Experience designing session-management, token-issuance, account-recovery, or multi-factor authentication systems.
- Familiarity with risk-based or adaptive authentication and fraud controls.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical design and delivery of authentication platform capabilities from architecture through operation.
- Build secure, highly available systems for sign-in, account recovery, session management, and identity federation.
- Collaborate with Product, Security, Fraud, and Compliance teams to translate requirements into pragmatic technical designs.
- Lead technical initiatives and influence the architecture and evolution of the platform.
- Identify and solve systemic issues related to project, process, technology, or reliability.
- Support operations, monitoring, and on-call efforts to ensure system availability.
- Foster a culture of quality through code reviews, design standards, and technical documentation.
- Mentor other engineers through design reviews and hands-on collaboration to develop team talent.
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