Software Engineer, Infrastructure
At a glance
Mid-level Software Engineering role at Opal Security. San Francisco · full-time · $140,000–$215,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Keep Opal Security’s platform stable, secure, scalable and performant
- Take charge of key infrastructure components and build tools that help product engineers work effectively
- Join roadmap, architecture and product conversations with engineering, product and leadership
- Set and refine engineering practices, and speak with customers about feedback and product issues
What you bring
- At least four years as a full-time software engineer, or comparable experience building large distributed systems
- Experience with cloud providers such as AWS or GCP, including scaling cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Golang, Postgres or another listed technology
Who this fits
This role suits an engineer who is comfortable making decisions and taking ownership when problems are ambiguous. You’ll work in a hybrid role in San Francisco.
From the employer
About Opal Security:
At Opal, we’re building modern identity governance for the AI era—intelligent access management that empowers enterprises to move fast while staying secure. Our mission is to bring clarity, control, and confidence to complex enterprise environments, helping teams govern access without slowing down innovation.
About the Role:
Identity is having a moment. Every company is deploying agents, spinning up service accounts, and realizing their IAM stack can't keep up. We're building AI-native security that scales with this chaos and companies like Databricks and Figma are betting on us to get it right.
You will build customer solutions across the entire stack. You'll talk directly to security and eng teams at Fortune 500s and startups alike, understand their messy reality, and architect systems that actually solve their problems. You'll own the problem, not just the solution, which means you get to be creative, challenge assumptions, and build things that don't exist yet.
Please note: We've built a team that works exceptionally well together and has fun doing so. We're looking to bring on new teammates who will both add to and grow with what we're building 🙂
Your responsibilities
Ensure the stability, security, scalability, and performance of Opal Security’s platform
Take ownership of critical components of Opal Security’s Infrastructure
Empower product engineers with the tools and systems they need
Work closely with leadership, our product team, and other engineers in roadmap, architecture, and product discussions
Create and improve engineering best practices and processes
Interact directly with customers on product feedback and issues
Our ideal candidate
Familiarity with our tech stack: Kubernetes, Golang, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, GraphQL, TypeScript, and React
Experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS / GCP) and scaling cloud infrastructure
Has 4+ years experience as a full-time software engineer or equivalent experience building large distributed systems
Thrives in ambiguous environments with significant ownership and with the opportunity to make decisions that have a huge impact on the business
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