Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management

DigitalOcean

Senior Software Engineer at DigitalOcean architecting identity and access management systems for cloud scalability. Leading initiatives in security and AI integration within a high-performance team.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,800 - $176,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect high-availability, low-latency authentication and authorization services in Go
Build IAM foundations for cloud-native AI/ML platforms
Lead implementation of OIDC and SAML integrations for enterprise customers
Evolve Policy Engine to support advanced resource-level permissions
Design robust, multi-tenant data models for complex hierarchical structures
Take ownership of service reliability, Kubernetes deployments, and legacy data migrations
Identify and remediate complex security vulnerabilities
Act as a technical lead, conducting code reviews and mentoring junior engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience
At least 2+ years focused on Identity (AuthN/AuthZ), Security Products, or high-scale Distributed Systems
Expert-level proficiency in Go
Strong understanding of gRPC microservices architecture
Deep knowledge of identity protocols (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML) and access control models (RBAC, ABAC, PBAC)
Proven ability to build systems that handle consensus, replication, and partitioning at cloud scale
Working experience with Kubernetes, SQL (MySQL), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
A track record of unwinding complex legacy logic into maintainable abstractions
Ability to communicate technical strategy to senior leadership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employee Assistance Program
Local Employee Meetups
Flexible time off policy
Compensation based on market data, experience, and skills
Bonus based on company and individual performance
Equity grants and Employee Stock Purchase Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

GogRPCOIDCOAuth2SAMLRBACABACPBACSQLInfrastructure as Code

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunication