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# Senior Software Engineer, Identity Platform

- **Company:** GitHub
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $329,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Github, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, Open Source Technology, OpenID, Openid Connect, Ruby, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Backend, Information Technology, Golang
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.sanfranciscogigs.com/job.asp?id=3467492564&tx=VT6661TTV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 6+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
 * OR Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
 * OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
 * OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
 * OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
 * OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Deep experience with modern identity standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, SCIM, WebAuthn/Passkeys, FIDO2, SSH, JWT, DPoP, and related technologies.
 * Experience building identity infrastructure for enterprise, cloud, or developer platforms serving millions of users or high request volumes.
 * Strong understanding of Zero Trust architectures, workload identities, machine-to-machine authentication, and credential lifecycle management.
 * Experience evaluating and adopting emerging identity technologies and security standards.
 * Ability to influence technical strategy through architecture, RFCs, mentoring, and cross-organizational collaboration.
 * Experience contributing to or participating in identity standards bodies, open source identity projects, or developer ecosystems is a plus.

## Description

* Design and implement backend services in Go (Golang) that power authentication, authorization, and GitHub Apps at global scale
 * Partner across engineering and product teams to solve complex identity challenges spanning user authentication, enterprise identity, applications, APIs, and machine identities.
 * Evaluate emerging identity technologies, protocols, and security patterns, identifying where they can improve GitHub's platform.
 * Design highly available, globally distributed services with a focus on security, resilience, and operational excellence.
 * Mentor engineers by sharing identity best practices and helping raise technical depth across the organization.
 * Participate in on-call rotations and continuously improve the reliability and operability of identity services.

## About GitHub

GitHub is **_where people build software_**. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.


**Tech Stack:** Ruby, Ruby on Rails
**Industries:** Enterprise Software, Platform

[Company profile](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/companies/3968-github)

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