Senior Backend Software Engineer - Identity Security
Designs and implements backend services and APIs for identity security features including audit logging, session recording, and access controls. Works on distributed systems in Go, collaborating with teams to secure infrastructure access at scale. Requires Go/Rust and Linux experience.
About this job
Product-oriented backend engineers to join the Identity Security team. Responsible for designing and implementing backend services and APIs that enable access controls auditing tools, audit logging, session recording summarization, and identity workflows in Teleport.
Involved in the entire product development cycle, from working with customers to understand security needs, to writing RFDs, to implementing distributed systems in Go. Work closely with engineers, product managers, and security researchers to design features that secure and monitor access to infrastructure at scale.
Projects you may work on
- Scaling Teleport's audit log and event pipeline for high-volume use cases
- Developing session recording and summarisation features for SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and Windows recordings
- Developing fine-grained access control visualisations and identity workflows
- Optimising Identity Security to be more efficient by improving backend performance, indexing, filtering, and policy evaluation
Play a key role in shaping how modern infrastructure access is secured, audited, and managed at scale.
Requirements
- Go or Rust experience
- Linux systems engineering
Nice-to-have: Cryptography engineering experience
Benefits
- Extensive health coverage
- Annual expense budget
- Rest & recovery policies
- Retirement savings plans
- Equity
- Professional development opportunities