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About the role

  • Staff Software Engineer leading authentication, authorization, and account architecture. Building secure backend systems for Coalition’s active cyber-risk insurance platform.

Responsibilities

  • Lead major architecture and delivery initiatives across authentication, authorization, account lifecycles, and partner relationships
  • Define multi-service technical direction, including API contracts, data models, migration paths, and rollout strategies
  • Translate complex product, security, and business requirements into clear designs
  • Manage dependencies and alignment across cross-functional partners
  • Build scalable backend services
  • Improve testing, observability, deployment safety, and operational reliability
  • Guide and grow engineers across teams
  • Work on centralized auth, token validation, RBAC/ReBAC access control, account identity and transfer workflows, legacy-system decoupling, partner relationship logic, event-driven services, and APIs

Requirements

  • Proven track record of guiding cross-team architecture and resolving high-impact technical trade-offs
  • Expertise in API design, distributed systems, data modeling, and production operations
  • Experience with high-risk domains where security, correctness, and performance are paramount
  • Ability to write clear design docs, align non-technical stakeholders, and mentor senior engineers
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into daily engineering work, including code exploration, design analysis, test generation, debugging, and documentation
  • Ability to evaluate AI output critically, recognize its limitations, and establish appropriate review and safety practices for security-sensitive systems
  • Bonus: hands-on experience with OAuth/OIDC, JWTs, RBAC, or ReBAC systems (e.g., OpenFGA)
  • Bonus: proficiency with Go, Python, event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka), and AWS/modern CI/CD stacks
  • Bonus: background in security-sensitive environments, fintech, insurtech, or complex partner integration platforms
  • Bonus: experience creating reusable AI-assisted engineering workflows, tools, prompts, or agent skills
  • Bonus: experience applying AI responsibly in security-sensitive or regulated environments

Benefits

  • 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible PTO
  • Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
  • Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Lumino, and more!
  • Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
  • Remote-first, highly inclusive culture

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$158,400 - CA$226,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

AWSDistributed SystemsKafkaPythonGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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