Senior Developer, Authentication Enablement

Senior Developer, Authentication Enablement 1Password is growing faster than ever. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing and the Utah Mammoth. About 1Password At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. The Authentication Enablement Platform team builds and operates the core authentication services that power 1Password. We focus on creating a secure, reliable, and scalable authentication platform that other engineering teams can depend on. This includes evolving our systems from a monolithic architecture to distributed services and building the foundations for identity and access across 1Password. As a Senior Developer on the Authentication Enablement Platform team, you’ll design, build, and operate backend services that are critical to how users authenticate with 1Password. You’ll lead the implementation of complex projects, including migrating core authentication functionality out of the monolith into standalone services. You’ll work closely with internal teams as a platform provider, helping them integrate with authentication services and adopt new capabilities safely. This is a senior individual contributor role with meaningful ownership. You’ll independently drive work forward, contribute to system design, and make pragmatic decisions that balance security, reliability, and developer experience. This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US. What we're looking for: - Strong backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale - Experience building API-first services with Go or similar languages - Solid understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture - Experience designing and maintaining production APIs, including HTTP fundamentals, RESTful design, versioning, and backward compatibility - Experience participating in on-call rotations and debugging production issues in distributed systems - Ability to take ownership of ambiguous problems and drive them through to delivery - Experience collaborating with multiple engineering teams and supporting internal platform consumers - Clear communication skills and sound judgment when making technical trade-offs - Familiarity with authentication systems and Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts Bonus points for: - Experience with Kubernetes and containerized systems - Familiarity with Kafka, Debezium, or event-driven architectures - Experience building authentication, identity, or security-focused systems - Experience working on platform or infrastructure teams - Experience working on or contributing to the decomposition of monolithic systems What you can expect: - Design, build, and operate authentication services used across 1Password - Lead implementation of projects that move critical functionality from leg ... (truncated, view full listing at source)