Staff Software Engineer (appsec)

Harnessinc

Mountain View, United States
$181,000—$226,000 usd py
On-site
Scalable authentication and authorization systems
High-performance microservices for identity management
Audit logging and compliance systems
The Foundations team serves as the security backbone for Harness's multi-product platform, providing essential authentication and authorization services that ensure secure, scalable access management across the entire software delivery lifecycle

Job Summary

  • The Foundations team serves as the security backbone for Harness's multi-product platform, providing essential authentication and authorization services that ensure secure, scalable access management across the entire software delivery lifecycle.
  • You will design and implement scalable authentication and authorization systems using modern RBAC patterns and industry best practices.
  • You will work with SRE teams to ensure high availability and operational excellence of critical security infrastructure.

Matching Summary

The Foundations team serves as the security backbone for Harness's multi-product platform, providing essential authentication and authorization services that ensure secure, scalable access management across the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Salary

$181,000—$226,000 USD

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Scalable authentication and authorization systems
  • High-performance microservices for identity management
  • Audit logging and compliance systems
  • Distributed systems challenges
  • JVM-based languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin)
  • RESTful APIs and GraphQL

Nice-to-have

  • Secrets management systems
  • Compliance frameworks knowledge
  • CI/CD security patterns
  • Infrastructure as code
  • DevSecOps practices

Key Requirements

  • 6-10 years backend engineering experience
  • Strong focus on security, authentication, and distributed systems
  • Deep understanding of authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT)
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Work Rights

Not specified

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