Software Engineer - Identity & Authorization

About this role

Build Baseten’s identity and access layer, including fine-grained authorization, credential systems, and enterprise administration tools. The role focuses on secure, low-latency access controls for a growing multi-tenant AI platform.

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 identity and authorization function.

Stack

What you'll do

• Lead identity and authorization projects from design through launch and iteration.
• Design extensible authorization and credential models for enterprise workflows.
• Translate enterprise security requirements into durable technical solutions with product, design, and customer-facing teams.
• 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 product authorization, such as per-resource permissions, relationship-based access control, or policy engines.
• End-to-end ownership of a system from initial design through production rollout and iteration.
• Experience operating multi-tenant systems at scale where authorization latency and consistency matter.
• Comfort working across application code, cloud, and Kubernetes infrastructure.

Nice to have

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

Benefits

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