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Software Engineer, Backend (Security)

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Software Engineer, Backend (Security) in USA

  • Base Power Company
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Austin, TX

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate Okta as the workforce identity provider, including SSO, SAML/OIDC integrations, SCIM provisioning, and joiner/mover/leaver automation.
  • Design authentication and authorization primitives such as MFA, device assurance, RBAC, least-privilege role catalogs, and break-glass access.
  • Federate AWS and GCP access using short-lived credentials instead of long-lived IAM users and service-account keys.
  • Maintain entitlements-as-code in the GitOps monorepo through reviewable pull requests.
  • Build workload and headless identity infrastructure, including private CA/PKI, AWS Roles Anywhere, GCP WIF-X509, and hardware-backed key custody.
  • Define Identity Assurance Level requirements according to NIST SP 800-63-3.
  • Partner with IT, security, and application teams while application teams retain ownership of authorization business logic.

Requirements

  • Strong backend engineering experience in Go, Java, or a similar systems language.
  • Experience designing or operating identity systems, including SSO/IdP, authentication and authorization, entitlements, or workload identity.
  • Working knowledge of OIDC, SAML, and SCIM, including judgment about when to use each.
  • Experience with cryptographic identity primitives such as PKI, mTLS, or hardware-backed keys.
  • Ability to make durable technical decisions and operate with high ownership in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.

Benefits

  • In-person work at Base.
  • Fast-changing startup environment with responsibilities that may expand based on business needs.
  • Opportunity to build the identity layer for a rapidly scaling energy company from close to zero.
  • The role is not a standard 9-to-5 position, reflecting Base’s all-in work culture.

Base Power Company

Base is building the future of American power. The grid is the largest, most complex machine in the world. But it’s aging, struggling to keep up with today’s demand, and is unprepared for our electrified future. Base is modernizing the grid as the first engineering-led, technology-driven power co...

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