Senior Software Engineer, IAM

Docker, Inc

Senior Software Engineer building backend services for identity management at Docker. Collaborate with global teams to enhance authentication and authorization systems.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 $160,900 - $260,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDistributed SystemsDockerGoGRPCKafkaPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate Go services powering authentication, authorization, token handling, and identity lifecycle across Docker
Extend OIDC, SSO, SAML, and SCIM integrations, and evolve our authorization model (including ReBAC) as permissions scale across products and tenants
Improve observability, performance, and security posture of identity services on the hot path of every authenticated request, and strengthen audit logging
Design for multi-region operation, graceful degradation, and safe rollout of changes to critical auth flows
Lead projects end-to-end, contribute to technical design and long-term direction of the IAM platform, and mentor teammates in identity and security domains
Partner with Product, Security, and engineering teams that depend on IAM primitives to ensure our APIs are clear, safe, and easy to adopt
Take part in the paid on-call rotation for the team; respond to incidents, debug production issues, and drive continuous improvement of system reliability

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of backend software engineering experience building and operating production services
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Strong proficiency in Go, including building and operating services in production
Solid working knowledge of PostgreSQL - schema design, query performance, migrations, and operating Postgres under real load
Experience with gRPC and event-driven systems using Kafka (or comparable)
Experience operating on AWS
Strong understanding of core identity and security concepts: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, token lifecycle, and session management
Experience with authorization models, including RBAC and ReBAC-style approaches
Track record of designing and operating distributed systems where reliability, security, and correctness are first-class concerns
Willingness and ability to participate in an on-call rotation for services on the critical request path
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a remote, async-first environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
16 weeks of paid Parental leave
Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
Docker Swag
Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoPostgreSQLgRPCKafkaAWSOAuth2OIDCSAMLJWTReBAC

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingincident responsecontinuous improvementdesign thinkingproject managementadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Engineeringrelated field degreeequivalent practical experience