# Backend Engineer, Security Platform

**Company:** [Vannevar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vannevar)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $215k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Backend Development, Identity And Access Management, Authorization, Authentication, System Design, Access Control, Data Protection, Security Engineering, Scalability, Reliability
**Posted:** 2026-09-12

> Build and scale backend identity, authentication, authorization, and permission infrastructure used across mission-critical products. The role requires 5+ years of backend experience, strong system design skills, cross-team technical leadership, and a security-first mindset; U.S. Person status is required.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Implement, adopt, and evolve core platform permission infrastructure and shared services.
- Lead mission-critical projects that build and scale foundational authentication capabilities.
- Partner with engineers across the organization to develop and standardize security platform solutions for cross-product challenges.
- Collaborate with compliance and mission stakeholders to define and enforce standards for access control, data protection, and system integrity.
- Influence architecture, technology selection, and engineering standards across the company.
- Build backend services, authorization engines, and data models for identity and access management.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of backend development experience.
- Hands-on experience building identity and access management systems used by product teams.
- Strong system design skills, including tradeoffs among performance, reliability, scalability, and cost.
- Experience leading cross-team technical initiatives spanning multiple systems and driving adoption through influence.
- Security-first mindset and comfort operating in sensitive environments.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, cross-functional partners, and end users.
- U.S. Person status required for access to U.S.-only data systems.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $150,000–$215,000 plus equity.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Remote-friendly work environment with WeWork access.
- Unlimited PTO, federal-holiday downtime, and company-wide year-end time off.
- 401(k) match.
- Lifestyle and wellbeing stipends.
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty.
- Fully paid parental leave.
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel.

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