# Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

Hiring organization: [Reddit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/reddit)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b7aeb08e-cb68-4f3a-bd8f-9580c258a37f

Listed on Reddit's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Remote - United States
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 190800 – 267100 USD per year

## Summary

Reddit's IAM team is looking for a senior backend engineer to design and maintain authentication, authorization, and identity systems serving millions of daily users. This role combines hands-on architecture work with mentoring and cross-functional collaboration to evolve one of the internet's most critical infrastructure components.

_Our summary, not Reddit's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD, Go, Kubernetes, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

## Required

- 5+ years designing and developing large-scale distributed backend systems
- 2+ years working on security-sensitive domains (IAM, Security, Privacy, Anti-Abuse)
- Technical understanding of authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management, and authorization models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC)
- Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages
- Experience identifying and driving high-impact projects aligned with company strategy
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams

## Nice to have

- Experience with cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP)
- Proficiency in Go specifically

Apply on Reddit's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/8044767