# Staff Software Engineer - Authentication & API

**Company:** [Orum](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/orum)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Node.js, rest, websocket, gRPC, SQL, Postgres, oauth2, jwt, RBAC, React, GCP, freeswitch, CI/CD
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads end-to-end development and technical direction for real-time platform systems spanning Node.js/TypeScript backends, APIs, authentication, and React. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, Staff-level leadership, and expertise in distributed authentication and authorization systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own complex product areas end-to-end, from discovery and design through implementation, rollout, and iteration.
- Architect, build, and evolve backend services, APIs, and authentication systems supporting real-time, high-volume workflows.
- Establish data contracts and authentication and authorization models.
- Author technical design documents and set standards for code quality, testing, performance, and observability.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and engineering teams to translate ambiguous requirements into intuitive, performant experiences.
- Mentor and support engineers through design reviews, pairing, and feedback.
- Improve developer experience and reliability through better APIs, data contracts, testing strategies, and progressive delivery practices.
- Participate in on-call and uphold operational excellence.

## Requirements
- **8+ years** of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated Staff-level scope involving cross-team technical leadership, strategy, and delivery.
- Experience owning products or features through the full lifecycle, from discovery to deployment and iteration.
- Expertise with **TypeScript**, **Node.js**, and API development using **REST**, **WebSocket**, and **gRPC**.
- Strong SQL fundamentals and experience with an RDBMS such as **PostgreSQL**.
- Hands-on experience implementing authentication and authorization in production distributed systems, including **OAuth2**, **JWT**, **RBAC**, login and session flows, and token storage and refresh.
- Strong product mindset, communication, and ability to connect technical decisions to user and business impact.

## Nice to Have
- Cloud infrastructure experience with **Google Cloud Platform**, **AWS**, or **Azure**.
- Familiarity with **CI/CD** and progressive delivery practices.
- Experience in telephony, SIP softswitches such as **FreeSWITCH**, or adjacent real-time and event-driven domains.
- Familiarity with **React**, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Platform, and FreeSWITCH.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Monthly Orum days off, year-end company shutdown, and additional observed holidays.
- 90% coverage for employees and dependents for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Online behavioral health and virtual healthcare options.
- Parental leave.
- Life insurance and AD&D coverage.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Meaningful stock options.
- $1,000 equipment reimbursement.
- Company retreats and meetups.
- Employee resource group.

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