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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Backend Engineer, Identity & Access Management - **Company:** CATAMORPHIC CO. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $163,000.0 - $264,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Cloud Computing, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, OpenID, Ping (Networking Utility), Role-Based Access Control, Redis, Azure Active Directory, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Okta, Software Security, Backend, Gsuite, Terraform - **Published:** August 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/launchdarkly/jobs/7860487003 ## About the Role * 6+ years of professional software-engineering experience, with significant work on complex backend applications. * Experience building or operating production authentication and identity systems. * A track record on systems where correctness and availability are non-negotiable, and the habits that come with it: backward-compatible change, staged rollouts, and safe cutovers. * Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Rust, Python, etc.) and familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent), plus strong production ownership including on-call. Bonus * Protocol depth in SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, or SCIM, and integration experience with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, OneLogin, or Ping. * MFA/WebAuthn, RBAC and authorization policy engines, or audit logging at multi-tenant scale. * Engineering under compliance regimes such as SOC 2 or FedRAMP. ## Description Lead backend engineer for Identity & Access Management owning SSO (SAML/OIDC/OAuth2), SCIM provisioning, login/session flows, MFA, API key/token auth. Build enterprise identity features, improve operability (SLOs, monitoring, runbooks), partner on security/compliance, and mentor engineers while driving technical direction. The summary above was generated by AI About the Job: Software powers the world, and LaunchDarkly empowers teams to deliver and control it safely. As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Identity & Access Management team, you will own the systems every customer touches before they touch anything else: SAML and OAuth2 single sign-on, SCIM user and team provisioning, login and session management, multi-factor authentication, and the API key and token infrastructure that authenticates every request to our platform. When authentication is wrong, customers cannot get in at all - or the wrong person gets in. Security and availability here are commitments to our customers, not nice-to-haves. You and your team will make this stack operable and enterprise-ready. Technologies include Go, TypeScript, CockroachDB, Redis, AWS, and Terraform. Exact tool match matters far less than deep backend judgment and a track record of safely changing systems that are not allowed to be wrong. Responsibilities: * Own LaunchDarkly's authentication surface end to end - single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, login and session flows, multi-factor authentication, and API key and token authentication. * Build the enterprise identity capabilities our largest customers require: additional identity-provider integrations, support for multiple IdPs per account, and MFA enforcement by default. * Make the stack operable: SLOs, monitoring for certificate expiry and provisioning failures, actionable alerting, runbooks, and a sustainable on-call. * Partner with Product Security on threat modeling, audit logging, and compliance requirements including SOC 2 and FedRAMP. * Set the technical direction for identity at LaunchDarkly, and raise the bar for the engineers around you through design review and mentorship. ## Related Videos - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) - [Delay the AI Overlords: How OAuth and OpenFGA Can Keep Your AI Agents from Going Rogue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1637-delay-the-ai-overlords-how-oauth-and-openfga-can-keep-your-ai-agents-from-going-rogue) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [20 Essential Tools For Backend Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/218-20-essential-tools-for-backend-development) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 139 - Soft and hard queries](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/487-dev-digest-139-soft-and-hard-queries)