Staff Software Engineer

• Hands-on experience building a permission service or authorization framework from scratch (e.g., Zanzibar-style, OPA-based, or custom policy engine)
• Familiarity with Okta, Auth0, or similar identity platforms — and a clear sense of what to build vs. what to buy
• Experience with fine-grained authorization patterns (relationship-based access control, contextual policies, delegated permissions)
• Background in multi-tenant SaaS — understanding how permission models must account for org hierarchy, role inheritance, and tenant isolation
• Prior work on API token systems — scoped tokens, machine-to-machine auth, token introspection, or access token exchange (OAuth token exchange RFC 8693)
• Experience with secrets management, certificate rotation, or secure credential storage in production environments
• Familiarity with zero-trust architecture principles and how they apply to internal service-to-service authorization

• A Great Company Culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, and Salt Lake Tribune
• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life
• 401k plans with up to 6% company match
• $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
• EAP through Headspace
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