LaunchDarkly
Senior Backend Engineer, Identity & Access Management
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 5 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago
Been open since 5 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
$191,800 to $263,670
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote - US, US - Oakland, CA (HQ)"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in United States
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
About the Job:
Software powers the world, and LaunchDarkly empowers teams to deliver and control it safely. As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Identity & Access Management team, you will own the systems every customer touches before they touch anything else: SAML and OAuth2 single sign-on, SCIM user and team provisioning, login and session management, multi-factor authentication, and the API key and token infrastructure that authenticates every request to our platform. When authentication is wrong, customers cannot get in at all — or the wrong person gets in. Security and availability here are commitments to our customers, not nice-to-haves.
You and your team will make this stack operable and enterprise-ready. Technologies include Go, TypeScript, CockroachDB, Redis, AWS, and Terraform. Exact tool match matters far less than deep backend judgment and a track record of safely changing systems that are not allowed to be wrong.
Responsibilities:
Own LaunchDarkly’s authentication surface end to end — single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, login and session flows, multi-factor authentication, and API key and token authentication.
Build the enterprise identity capabilities our largest customers require: additional identity-provider integrations, support for multiple IdPs per account, and MFA enforcement by default.
Make the stack operable: SLOs, monitoring for certificate expiry and provisioning failures, actionable alerting, runbooks, and a sustainable on-call.
Partner with Product Security on threat modeling, audit logging, and compliance requirements including SOC 2 and FedRAMP.
Set the technical direction for identity at LaunchDarkly, and raise the bar for the engineers around you through design review and mentorship.
Qualifications:
6+ years of professional software-engineering experience, with significant work on complex backend applications.
Experience building or operating production authentication and identity systems.
A track record on systems where correctness and availability are non-negotiable, and the habits that come with it: backward-compatible change, staged rollouts, and safe cutovers.
Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Rust, Python, etc.) and familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent), plus strong production ownership including on-call.
Bonus
Protocol depth in SAML , OIDC /OAuth2, or SCIM , and integration experience with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, OneLogin, or Ping.
MFA /WebAuthn, RBAC and authorization policy engines, or audit logging at multi-tenant scale.
Engineering under compliance regimes such as SOC 2 or FedRAMP.
Pay:
Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 4:
Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $191,800 - $263,670**
Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $172,600 - $237,270**
Zone 3: All other US locations - $163,000 - $224,070**
LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Requirements
- ·6+ years of professional software-engineering experience, with significant work on complex backend applications.
- ·Experience building or operating production authentication and identity systems.
- ·A track record on systems where correctness and availability are non-negotiable, and the habits that come with it: backward-compatible change, staged rollouts, and safe cutovers.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at LaunchDarkly, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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