Senior Software Engineer

As a key member of our Identity Platform Engineering team, you will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of critical security features within our application's identity system. This includes implementing robust authentication, authorization, and access control systems that are scalable and maintain high performance to support our growing business needs.

The Identity team at Weights & Biases is dedicated to developing the foundational systems that guarantee secure, reliable access to our platform for hundreds of thousands of users. Understanding the critical importance of security for our users, we prioritize building features that not only enhance authentication and authorization experiences but also ensure the seamless and secure integration of our services. As we expand our capabilities, the team develops robust access control tools that empower other engineering teams to build new features and applications confidently.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate the APIs and services that power Weights & Biases authentication and authorization
• Evolve our architecture to scale with growth in customers and developers, working across large monolith codebases and microservices
• Collaborate with product management and design to develop new, high-impact experiences
• Build incrementally, test everything, and deploy daily
• Work on the live support rotation to keep our systems running well

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years experience as software engineer in a professional setting
• Solid understanding of various authentication protocols including but not limited to Sessions, JWT, OIDC, SAML, and LDAP is a plus.
• Demonstrable expertise in designing, developing, and managing complex authentication systems, role-based access control mechanisms, and audit log management processes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying, diagnosing, and resolving system glitches as well as programming issues.
• The candidate must display a readiness to take on different roles, functions, and responsibilities as required by the project or the team.
• An ability to work and deliver independently, desirably with a proven track record of completing tasks within stipulated time frames.
• Prior experience working with at least one of the major cloud infrastructure providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience with Golang and Typescript