# Backend Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Hiring organization: [Vanta](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vanta)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d147cb0d-7333-4aca-80fb-3758c85353bb

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

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Remote U.S.
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 195000 – 263000 USD per year

## Summary

This senior-level role leads backend infrastructure work for identity and authentication systems at a security SaaS platform, focusing on building scalable permission and agent authorization services. It suits experienced engineers who have led complex technical projects and want to work on foundational security systems while mentoring a growing team.

_Our summary, not Vanta's wording._

## Skills named

Data Modeling, Go, Python, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On (SSO), TypeScript

## Required

- Backend software development experience
- Knowledge of authentication protocols or authorization frameworks
- Platform service experience scaling across multiple teams
- Strong data modeling for complex relationships
- Distributed systems problem-solving
- Complex technical migration experience
- Security-focused mindset with enterprise security understanding
- Led technical projects spanning months
- Works well in decisive, execution-focused environments
- Mentoring and collaboration experience

## Nice to have

- Interest in contributing to Vanta's engineering culture as the company grows
- Openness to using AI to amplify skills and improve efficiency

Apply on Vanta's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vanta/470689af-bbce-4c96-818e-408bf4a6c8e5/application