WorkOS

Product Engineer – Authorization

WorkOS

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $175,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

PostgresReactTypeScript

About the role

  • Architect and implement high-performance authorization systems that support real-time policy evaluation, scalable relationship modeling, and consistent permission enforcement across multi-tenant applications
  • Build deep domain expertise in authorization paradigms such as RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, hierarchical FGA, and policy-driven access control, along with best practices for domain modeling and permission boundaries
  • Work closely with enterprise customers to understand their compliance, governance, and access control requirements, and translate those needs into product features such as delegated administration, advanced auditability, policy versioning, and conditional access
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with other product teams, solutions engineering, and GTM to ensure Authorization integrates seamlessly with the broader WorkOS platform, including AuthKit, SSO, Directory Sync, Audit Logs and related developer workflows
  • Explore new greenfield opportunities, including incremental authorization primitives, real-time change propagation, agent identity, policy workflows, richer SDK capabilities, and deeper ecosystem integrations
  • Play an active role in recruiting, mentoring, and developing the engineering team that will build and refine the Authorization product roadmap

Requirements

  • 5+ years of industry software development experience
  • Experience working on small teams in fast-paced environments
  • Background in building systems that solve for identity, authorization, storage, high throughput low latency, or large-scale data platforms
  • Intellectually curious, independently driven, and passionate about great products
  • A growth mindset, high emotional intelligence, and strong communication skills
  • Bonus: Experience with our stack of TypeScript, React, and Postgres
  • Bonus: Experience in B2B SaaS, developer tools, or a related industry
Benefits
  • Healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision
  • Parental leave
  • Paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements
  • Competitive pay
  • Substantial equity grants
  • 401k matching
  • Wellness and fitness monthly allowances
  • PTO + paid holidays + unlimited sick leave
  • Autonomy and flexibility with remote work

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
authorization systemsreal-time policy evaluationRBACABACReBAChierarchical FGApolicy-driven access controlhigh throughputlow latencylarge-scale data platforms
Soft skills
intellectually curiousindependently drivenpassionate about productsgrowth mindsethigh emotional intelligencestrong communication skills