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Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

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Benefits

  • Flexible Hours

    We prefer asynchronous work and outcomes over hours spent behind the desk.

  • 100% Remote

    All employees work remotely. We don't have an central office.

  • Unlimited Paid Time Off

    We offer unlimited paid time off to all employees. 

  • Your Hardware

    You'll get a generous allowance that you can spend on hardware and home office.

  • Team Events

    We meet two times per year for a team retreat in person.

  • Health Insurance

    We can offer health insurance benefits in selected regions.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We have legal entities in the U.S. and in Switzerland. In both countries you can be employed directly by us.

    In all other countries we will use an Employer of Record approach: You will be hired by Remote . Remote has subsidiaries in many countries and is responsible for compliance with labour laws and regulations. We can select benefit packages for each country and employees.

    You can find all available countries on their website. If you are domiciled in a country that does not offer EoR, we currently can't consider you for employment.

  • Most of our Engineering is in Europe. We are building up sales and marketing in the U.S., since many of our customers are U.S. based.

  • Yes. We had an office at the beginning of our journey, but terminated it since occupancy was very low. Since then we have transitioned to a full-remote team.

    We value Flextime and results over hours spent behind the desk. This coupled with different working hours, multiple time-zones, and finding the best people for our team, led us on the fully remote journey.

    We meet regularly online for social events. Two times per year we meet together for a team retreat in person.

  • The team is currently around 20 people, thereof the majority is in engineering roles. We are an engineering company and it is important to us to drive future product development for our community and customers.

  • We don't expect you to have experience with all technologies right from the start.

    We are an open source company, so you should be comfortable with open development and processes.

    Backend Technologies

    • Golang
    • PostgreSQL
    • gRPC

    Check out our public code base for more details.

    Frontend Technologies

    • Angular
    • React
    • Typescript
    • NextJS
    • SCSS

    Check out our public code base for more details.

    Operations

    • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
    • Serverless Containers (Google Cloud Run)
    • Google Cloud Armour
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • Open Telemetry
    • Vercel
    • Datadog

    Development & Methodologies

    • Github / Git
    • Code Reviews
    • Unit, Integration, E2E Testing
    • Agile Software Development

    Business

    • Stripe
    • Hubspot
    • Plausible
    • Posthog
    • Figma
    • Bigquery
    • Common Room 
    • Remote
    • Vanta


    Check our sub-processor inventory to get more details about the vendors we use.

  • The annual anticipated compensation range for candidates in the specified location for this role is as indicated. Actual salaries may vary and fall outside of this range depending on different factors, such as qualifications, location, experience, or competencies.

    Compensation is one component of ZITADEL's total reward package, which can include stock options, commissions, health insurance, funds towards home office and professional development, and more.

    In order to provide greater transparency all salaries are accessible to all employees.

  • Yes. We expect engineers to participate in on-call rotations. For business related functions we expect a rotation in Customer Support functions.

  • Write about how you found us and what motivated you to apply to this job. Be specific on how your skills and experience can contribute to our mission and would complement the team. Don't just repeat what is in your CV/resume, rather add more information and context around relevant projects. Should you use AI to write it? Sure go ahead, but again ... don't just repeat your resume or our job description and be authentic - do you want to work with bland people?

About ZITADEL

ZITADEL Inc, is the creator of ZITADEL, a cloud-native identity and access management platform for developers designed to simplify and secure user authentication and authorization for modern applications. ZITADEL is available as both a cloud service and an open-source project, giving you the flexibility to choose the deployment option.

ZITADEL has a remote-only approach and we employ globally in almost all countries via an employer of record. We value output over time spent at the office, thus we offer you flexible hours and time off. Not even remote replaces social connections when you get together, thus we meet multiple times per year in person.

Founded in 2019
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