Highspot's IAM platform powers collaboration for go-to-market teams globally, making it critical that access systems are fast, reliable, and secure by default. The company is looking for a senior engineer to build and evolve foundational services that handle complex identity and policy enforcement use cases at scale.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating backend systems or distributed services
- Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Ruby, Python, or Typescript
- Solid grasp of algorithms, data structures, and system design fundamentals
- Experience with authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM)
- Hands-on experience designing or scaling high-availability microservices
- Familiarity with secure coding practices and platform-level privacy considerations
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver scalable authentication and authorization services that power Highspot's core identity platform.
- Lead architecture and development of authentication features including but not limited to SSO, MFA, and OIDC, ensuring seamless and secure access for users.
- Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure features meet enterprise-grade governance and auditability standards.
- Investigate and resolve complex customer-facing issues in production environments.
- Write high-quality technical documentation and participate in design reviews.
- Author high-quality runbooks and technical documentation.
- Join the on-call rotation to handle critical production issues.
Other
- We value end-to-end ownership — engineers here take ideas from inception to production, operate the systems they build, and engage in continuous improvement to raise the bar on resiliency, observability, and customer experience.
- Engineers participate in an on-call rotation and share operational responsibilities as a team.
- Experience using AI in daily workflows or helping others adopt AI-based development practices is a strong plus in our culture of innovation and continuous learning.
- You’ll be welcomed into a team that values diverse backgrounds, collaborative design, and shared learning.
- Base salary range: $166,000 - $272,000.
