Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Title of Role: Senior / Staff Backend Software Engineer
Location: Remote (North America – ET to PT time zones)
Company Stage of Funding: Seed Stage (Well-funded, $10M+ raised)
Office Type: Remote
Salary: $180,000 – $230,000 base + competitive equity

Company Description

Our client is an early-stage, venture-backed security startup reimagining enterprise identity from the ground up. Founded by proven entrepreneurs who previously built and sold a device management company to Apple, the team is now tackling workforce identity — building a modern alternative to legacy providers with a relentless focus on user experience, API design, and security.

This is a rare opportunity to join a highly experienced founding team at the pre-launch stage. The company is well-capitalized, moving with urgency, and building the foundational architecture for what they believe can become a category-defining, public-company-scale business.

If you’re excited about owning foundational backend systems, building secure-by-design infrastructure, and shaping a product from zero to launch — this role is for you.

What You Will Do

• Build scalable, secure backend services designed for enterprise-grade workloads.

• Design and implement distributed, high-availability microservices in Go.

• Architect secure-by-design systems across application and service layers.

• Develop well-crafted APIs (web and service-to-service) with exceptional usability and reliability.

• Design database schemas and write performant raw SQL queries.

• Implement observability best practices (logging, tracing, monitoring) in a microservices environment.

• Contribute to CI/CD workflows and collaborate on Kubernetes-based deployments.

• Partner closely with product and design to deliver a highly polished developer and user experience.

• Help shape engineering culture, technical standards, and system architecture at an early-stage company.

This is a hands-on backend role focused primarily on core application logic rather than deep infrastructure specialization.

Ideal Candidate Background

• 6–20 years of backend software engineering experience.

• Strong experience building production systems in Go (Java acceptable if willing to work in Go).

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.

• Experience designing secure, scalable backend services.

• Strong database fundamentals, including schema design and raw SQL.

• Experience implementing logging, tracing, and debugging in distributed environments.

• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).

• Experience working in startup environments or demonstrated ownership of end-to-end projects within larger tech organizations.

• Strong communication skills and a thoughtful, low-ego approach to collaboration.

Preferred

• Experience with identity and access management protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, WebAuthn).

• Familiarity with corporate IT/security ecosystems (MDM, endpoint security, etc.).

• Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA).

• Experience with audit logging systems.

• Familiarity with Certificate Authorities (CA) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

• Background at high-caliber engineering organizations known for strong backend systems and API quality.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $180,000 – $230,000

• Competitive early-stage equity package

• Fully remote within North America (ET–PT time zones)

• Opportunity to join at pre-launch stage and shape foundational architecture

• High-impact role with significant ownership and visibility

• Work alongside experienced founders with a successful prior exit

If you're looking to build something ambitious from the ground up — with meaningful ownership, strong engineering peers, and the upside of joining early — we would love to connect.