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SeniorBackendEngineer–UsersInfrastructure
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“Senior Backend Engineer – Users Infrastructure at Weave. Skills: Go, IAM, distributed systems, AuthN/AuthZ. Architect foundational security and identity substrate. Lead transition from legacy authorization”
Industry & Context.
problem-solve
successful completion of a background check
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of backend engineering, significant time spent building distributed systems in Go, Deep understanding of AuthN/AuthZ primitives, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT mechanics, Proven ability to manage complex data migrations, distributed architecture, build gRPC-based microservices, Exceptional written the ability to write Technical Design Documents (TPDs)
Nice to Have
early member of a distributed team, build culture across time zones, Zero-Trust as a default, experience with Zanzibar-style authorization, SpiceDB, ship alerts, dashboards, and runbooks, stop-and-fix mentality
What You'll Do.
Architect foundational security and identity substrate
Lead transition from legacy authorization
Own core services for authentication
Manage trade-offs between scalability and revocation
Define fine-grained permissions modeling
Manage infrastructure for enterprise integration
Improve system observability
Own immutability and reliability of audit logging
Own technical bar and operational culture for India team
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
seamless asynchronous collaboration with US-based team members
Communication Scope
Exceptional written the ability to write Technical Design Documents (TPDs)
Full Job Description
As the founding member of the Users Infrastructure team in India, you will architect the foundational security and identity substrate that every Weave product depends on. You will lead the transition from legacy authorization to a modern, globally distributed Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform powered by SpiceDB and Go. This is a high-leverage role requiring a blend of secure backend engineering and the leadership maturity to grow a new regional hub for a Tier-1 infrastructure unit. - This position will be remote - Reports to: Manager of Engineering - Users Infrastructure WHAT YOU WILL OWN - The Identity Lifecycle: You will own the core services responsible for authenticating every entity—human and machine—within the ecosystem. This includes managing the trade-offs between stateless scalability and real-time session revocation. - Authorization Strategy: You will be defining how fine-grained permissions are modeled, inherited, and enforced across a massive, multi-tenant hierarchy of organizations and locations. - The "Paved Road" for Developers: You will own the internal SDKs, gRPC contracts, and middleware that allow over 150+ downstream engineers to integrate security features into their products without needing to be cryptography experts. - Enterprise Integration Standards: You will manage the infrastructure that bridges our platform with the world, including federated identity (SSO), automated provisioning (SCIM), and secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication protocols. - Operational Excellence: Improve system observability (MTTD/MTTR) by integrating monitoring and load-testing protocols into our Tier-1 services. - Systemic Integrity & Compliance: You are the guardian of the "Source of Truth." You will own the immutability and reliability of our audit logging pipelines and the consistency of identity data. - India Team Trajectory: As a founding member of the regional hub, you will own the technical bar and operational culture for the India-based ar
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