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$163,000 – $263,670
Listed on LaunchDarkly’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
As a Senior Backend Engineer on Identity & Access Management, you'll design and operate authentication systems that protect customer access to LaunchDarkly's platform—handling everything from single sign-on and MFA to API key management. This role suits experienced backend engineers with a proven track record building secure, highly-available systems and the judgment to make careful changes in infrastructure where mistakes are costly.
Our summary, not LaunchDarkly’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- CockroachDB
- Go
- Redis
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- Terraform
- TypeScript
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What they ask for
Required
- 6+ years professional software engineering experience
- Experience building or operating production authentication and identity systems
- Proven track record on systems requiring high correctness and availability
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Rust, Python, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent)
- Strong production ownership and on-call experience
Nice to have
- Protocol depth in SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, or SCIM
- Integration experience with identity providers (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, OneLogin, Ping)
- Experience with MFA, WebAuthn, RBAC, or authorization policy engines
- Experience with audit logging at multi-tenant scale
- Engineering under compliance regimes (SOC 2, FedRAMP)