AuthZed · 4 hours ago
Sr. Software Engineer: Control Plane
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expAuthZed is pioneering open-source authorization solutions for scaling businesses with a focus on providing SpiceDB, an open-source permissions database. The Sr. Software Engineer for the Control Plane will design and implement backend services for AuthZed Cloud, ensuring reliability, security, and performance in real-time access control systems.
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Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain backend services and APIs that power AuthZed Cloud’s control plane
Build and operate Kubernetes-native systems, including custom operators and controllers, to manage customer environments and infrastructure lifecycle
Design durable, idempotent workflows for provisioning, configuration changes, scaling, and deletion
Implement and integrate authentication and identity flows (e.g., SSO, SAML, OAuth/OIDC) in a secure, multi-tenant SaaS environment
Implement and evolve usage-based billing systems
Engineer distributed systems that behave correctly under partial failure, retries, concurrency, and long-running operations
Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to design APIs and workflows that result in clear, reliable user experiences
Ensure services are observable and operable through structured logging, metrics, and alerts
Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues involving orchestration, authentication, or state management
Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to incident resolution and post-incident improvements
Document APIs, workflows, system behavior, and operational guidelines
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, experience, and training in Computer Science or a related field
5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and kubernetes
Experience with distributed systems and cloud native technologies such as kubernetes
Strong Kubernetes experience, including designing or operating controllers/operators
Experience implementing or integrating authentication systems (e.g., SSO, SAML, OAuth/OIDC)
Experience working with relational databases and transactional data models
Ownership mindset, self-direction, and a passion for solving complex problems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills: proven ability to build alignment across teams
Preferred
Experience working with or integrating AI-powered systems or tooling
Familiarity with modern authorization systems and access control models
Benefits
Stock options at an early-stage startup.
Comprehensive benefits including healthcare (US-based) and other insurance.
A full remote and flexible schedule to accommodate different timezones
Twice-yearly travel for team offsites focused on team bonding, collaboration, and having fun!
Company
AuthZed
AuthZed is a permissions systems provider that helps organizations build fast, secure, and scalable authorization services for applications.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$15.9MKey Investors
General CatalystWork-Bench
2024-06-27Series A· $12M
2021-04-21Seed· $3.9M
Leadership Team
Jake Moshenko
Co-Founder & CEO
Jimmy Zelinskie
Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-08-22
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