Senior Software Engineer I - Identity & Access Management

Digital Ocean
Bengaluru
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4-7 yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration","Mentoring","Technical ownership"]

Own core Identity platform workstreams, designing and building high-availability authentication and authorization services in Go with end-to-end responsibility from design through production operations. Lead OIDC and SAML integrations for enterprise SSO, extend policy authorization using Rego/OPA, and improve reliability through Kubernetes and modernized data pipelines. Help strengthen security against credential stuffing and other threats, while mentoring engineers through code reviews and design feedback.

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Digital Ocean
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Senior Software Engineer I - Identity & Access Management

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Job Summary

Own core Identity platform workstreams, designing and building high-availability authentication and authorization services in Go with end-to-end responsibility from design through production operations. Lead OIDC and SAML integrations for enterprise SSO, extend policy authorization using Rego/OPA, and improve reliability through Kubernetes and modernized data pipelines. Help strengthen security against credential stuffing and other threats, while mentoring engineers through code reviews and design feedback.
Location: Bengaluru
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and develop high-availability, low-latency authentication and authorization services in Go with end-to-end ownership.
  • •Lead implementation of OIDC and SAML integrations, enabling federated SSO for enterprise customers and global partners.
  • •Extend the Policy Engine using Rego/OPA for advanced resource-level permissions and scalable authorization logic.
  • •Contribute IAM foundations for AI workloads, including secure token exchange patterns and identity context propagation for agentic workflows.
  • •Drive reliability improvements (Kubernetes tuning, data pipeline modernization), participate in on-call, and mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design feedback.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityFlexible TimeLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •4–7 years of software engineering experience, with at least 1–2 years focused on Identity (AuthN/AuthZ), Security Products, or high-scale Distributed Systems.
  • •Strong proficiency in Go and solid understanding of gRPC microservices architecture.
  • •Working knowledge of identity protocols (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML) and access control models (RBAC, ABAC, PBAC), including reasoning about trade-offs.
  • •Solid understanding of consensus, replication, and partitioning to design systems that behave correctly under failure conditions.
  • •Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, SQL (MySQL), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Experience:4-7 yearsIdentitySecurity productsDistributed systemsCloud-nativeMicroservices
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCollaborationMentoringTechnical ownership
Languages:En
Tech Stack:GoGRPCOIDCOAuth2SAMLSingle Sign-On (SSO)RegoOpen Policy Agent (OPA)Policy EngineRBACABACPBACKubernetesSQLMySQLInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)TerraformGRPC microservicesKubernetes tuning

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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