Software Engineer - Identity & Authorization

About this role

Founding engineer for Baseten’s identity and authorization function within enterprise engineering. You’ll build fine-grained access controls and credential systems designed for high-volume, low-latency checks and demanding enterprise security requirements.

About the company

Baseten is an inference cloud that helps companies run and scale AI models in production with flexible infrastructure and developer tooling.

The team

Enterprise engineering, within the EPD, Product Platform, and Enterprise groups.

Stack

What you'll do

• Lead identity and authorization projects from design through launch and iteration.
• Build extensible authorization and credential models for platform workflows.
• Partner with product, design, and customer-facing teams on enterprise security requirements.
• Establish practices for quality, security, observability, and operational ownership.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship as the team grows.

What we're looking for

• 4–5+ years building production backend systems.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing fine-grained product authorization.
• Experience owning a system from initial design through production rollout and iteration.
• Experience operating multi-tenant systems at scale where authorization affects request latency and consistency.
• Comfort working across application code, cloud infrastructure, and Kubernetes.

Nice to have

• Experience with Python and Go.
• Production experience running OpenFGA, SpiceDB, or a similar system.
• Working knowledge of OAuth, OIDC, and SCIM protocols.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for U.S. employees and dependents.
• Flexible PTO and a company-wide winter break.
• Paid parental leave.
• Fertility and family-building stipend.
• Company-facilitated 401(k) for U.S. employees.