Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management

DigitalOcean

Senior Software Engineer architecting identity and access management solutions for cloud services at DigitalOcean. Innovating in AI initiatives and security products within a fast-paced environment.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,800 - $176,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and develop high-availability, low-latency authentication and authorization services
Build the IAM foundations for cloud-native AI/ML platforms
Implement OIDC and SAML integrations for SSO
Evolve our Policy Engine for advanced permissions
Design and scale robust, multi-tenant data models
Take ownership of service reliability and modernize legacy data pipelines
Identify and remediate complex security vulnerabilities
Act as a technical lead and mentor junior engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience
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)
Familiarity with access control models (RBAC, ABAC, PBAC)
Proven ability to build systems that handle consensus, replication, and partitioning at cloud scale
Working experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes), SQL (MySQL), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
A track record of resolving complex legacy logic
Ability to communicate technical strategy to senior leadership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible working hours
Professional development opportunities
Employee Assistance Program
Local Employee Meetups
Flexible time off policy
Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
Bonus eligibility based on performance
Equity compensation including grants and stock purchase options

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Hard Skills & Tools

GogRPCOIDCOAuth2SAMLRBACABACPBACTerraformSQL

Soft Skills

technical leadmentorshipcommunication