Senior Software Engineer (Identity & Access Management, FedRamp)
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- The MongoDB Atlas team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale
- We are responsible for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes
- We’re seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team
- IAM is a platform and a product team
- We serve internal engineers by providing them a secure and durable suite of services, and we serve external customers by providing them user facing features and products
- We are the owners of Atlas’ authentication (OAuth, SSO, Federated Identity) and authorization (RBAC, ABAC) systems, along with many others
- The IAM team’s mission is to enable customers to securely build their applications with Atlas through our best in class user experience
- The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a US government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services
- Our FedRAMP program requires that anyone who is accessing customer data or metadata inside the Authorization Boundary be a US Citizen on US Soil
- Design, architect, build, and deliver core pieces of IAM
- Lead projects from specification to delivery
- Mentor and grow other team members
- Improve our codebase, best practices, and design principles
- Define your top priorities and focuses, communicate them, and execute against them
- Lead and contribute to complex technical projects and initiatives
- Success Measures:
- In 1 week you’ll have completed your first pull request
- In 3 months, you’ll have contributed to a large project
- In 6 months, you’ll be leading the design and execution of your own project
- Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Willingness to learn JavaScript and/or TypeScript along with modern frontend technologies (React, Redux, etc.); prior experience a plus
- Proficient in a modern compiled programming language (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
- Experience building identity and access management systems such as authentication (OAuth, SSO), authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), and login and registration systems a plus
- Has a passion for problem solving and learning new things in the domains of computer science and software engineering
- 5+ years experience of software engineering, primarily focused on backend systems
- Desire to collaborate with colleagues and mentor fellow engineers