Senior Software Engineer (Auth & Identity)
Senior Software Engineer (Auth & Identity)
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Want to help us help others Were hiring!
GoFundMe is the worlds most powerful community for good dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causesfor themselves and each other. Together our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.
Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Software Engineer on the Auth & Identity team to help ensure that every user can securely and seamlessly access the platform. Your work will help protect the identities and data of millions of supporters and thousands of NPOs by designing systems that are both highly secure and user-friendly. From authentication and authorization to identity verification and fraud prevention you will help lay the technical foundation that enables safe trusted and inclusive participation in fundraising. By advancing GoFundMes commitment to security privacy and accessibility your contributions will drive user trust platform integrity and the success of meaningful causes around the world.
The Job
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop and enhance platform frameworks and services for GoFundMe.
- Work on a combination of backend and frontend while leveraging third-party vendors to build a robust platform and user experiences.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to internal standards for style maintainability and best practices.
- Independently ship features and improvements with minimal guidance.
- Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve urgent engineering issues.
- Identify technical debt and proactively propose and implement solutions.
- Advocate for codebase improvements and provide leadership and guidance within the team.
You
- Have 5 years of professional experience designing building and maintaining secure and scalable backend systems with a strong background in platform development.
- Experience integrating with or building Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions including SSO SAML OAuth 2.0 OIDC MFA and security best practices.
- Familiarity with or direct experience using Identity providers (IdPs) such as Okta CIAM Auth0 AWS Cognito or custom in-house solutions.
- Are proficient in relational database design and performance optimization for large-scale applications.
- Strong background in platform development experience to build foundational capabilities
- Are comfortable working in an agile iterative development process with a strong product and security focus.
- Have experience solving performance scalability and availability challenges in production systems and implementing proactive strategies to mitigate them.
- Are familiar with application performance monitoring and log aggregation toolswe use New Relic and Sumo Logic.
- Understand security and privacy best practices particularly in the context of authentication session management and data protection.
Preferred
- Experience with Kotlin and/or Java ideally in conjunction with GraphQL for service-layer development.
- Familiarity with PHP and Laravel and REST best practices.
- Proficiency with React or other modern frontend frameworks for the purpose of supporting and integrating IAM solutions.
- Experience deploying applications to cloud platforms like AWS GCP or Azure.
- Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines especially with GitHub Actions merge queues and release orchestration in multi-team environments.
- Experience working in environments where compliance auditability and data residency are important considerations (e.g. SOC 2 GDPR NIST ISO 27001).
Why youll love it here
- Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
- Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse passionate and talented team in a fast-paced forward-thinking atmosphere.
- Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
- Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
- Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work family planning along with generous parental leave flexible time-off policies and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
- Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning development and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
- Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity equity and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
- Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs.
We live by our core values:impatient to be greatfind a wayearn trust every dayfueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!
GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion ethnicity nationality or national origin sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression pregnancy status marital status age medical condition mental or physical disability or military or veteran status.
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Learn more about GoFundMe:
Were proud to partner with an independent public charity to extend the reach and impact of our generous community while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about activities and impact in their FY 24 annual report.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
