Staff Software Engineer, Auth/Accounts

Coalition

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Posted: 1 day ago
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About Coalition

Coalition is a cyber insurance and security company that combines comprehensive cyber insurance coverage with active risk management tools to help organizations prevent and respond to cyber incidents. Industry: Cyber Insurance & Risk Management

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Auth/Accounts

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As a Staff Software Engineer on the Auth/Accounts team, you will provide technical leadership across a complex, multi-service domain involving identity, authentication, authorization, and account capabilities. You will translate ambiguous business and security requirements into clear technical architectures, define API contracts and data models, and lead cross-team initiatives from design to production. Your daily work involves building scalable backend services, managing account lifecycles, and modernizing legacy systems for broker and partner relationships. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, data modeling, and high-stakes problem solving within security-sensitive environments. You will utilize Go, Python, Kafka, and AWS while integrating AI tools into engineering workflows. Key technical focus areas include OAuth/OIDC, JWTs, RBAC, and ReBAC systems to solve critical infrastructure challenges regarding account deduplication, token validation, and fine-grained access control for core business platforms.

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Skills

OAuth OIDC RBAC ReBAC OpenFGA Go Python Kafka AWS CI/CD Distributed Systems API Design Data Modeling Event-Driven Architecture AI Tools

What you'll do

Lead major architecture and delivery initiatives for authentication, authorization, and account lifecycle management.
Define multi-service technical directions including API contracts, data models, and migration paths.
Translate complex product and security requirements into clear technical designs and execution plans.
Build scalable backend services while improving testing, observability, and operational reliability.
Mentor engineers across teams to improve technical design skills and overall engineering impact.
Manage the decoupling of legacy systems and modernization of partner relationship logic.
Implement robust access control systems including RBAC and ReBAC for secure identity management.
Integrate AI tools into development workflows while ensuring safety in security-sensitive environments.

What we're looking for

Proven track record of guiding cross-team architecture and resolving high-impact technical trade-offs at a staff level.
Expertise in API design, distributed systems, data modeling, and production operations.
Experience working in high-risk domains where security, correctness, and performance are paramount.
Ability to write clear design documents, align non-technical stakeholders, and mentor senior engineers.
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into engineering workflows while ensuring safety for security-sensitive systems.
Hands-on experience with OAuth/OIDC, JWTs, RBAC, or ReBAC systems (preferred).
Proficiency with Go, Python, event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka), and AWS/modern CI/CD stacks (preferred).
Background in security-sensitive environments, fintech, insurtech, or complex partner integration platforms (preferred).

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