As a Software Engineer II on the Auth & Access team, you will contribute to building, scaling, and maintaining the core authentication and identity services that power the JumpCloud platform. You will work closely with a globally distributed engineering team to deliver reliable features across our Go, Python, and Node.js backend stacks.
This role focuses heavily on implementing modern, secure web authentication protocols, integrating seamless identity workflows, and aggressively leveraging AI-assisted development tools (like GitHub Copilot and Cursor) to write high-quality code and accelerate feature velocity.
What You Will Do:
Backend Development: Develop, test, and deploy scalable, secure, and well-documented microservices using Go, Python, and/or Node.js.
Auth & Identity Implementation: Write and maintain backend code supporting core Auth/IAM technologies, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JSON Web Tokens (JWT), and single sign-on (SSO) flows.
AI-Driven Efficiency: Actively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to automate code generation, write robust automated unit tests, and speed up debugging cycles.
Cloud Infrastructure: Work with containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and deploy cloud-native services across AWS Cloud Services (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB).
Quality & Automation: Design automated test cases for both new features and legacy services, utilizing CI/CD pipelines to enforce automated quality gates.
Collaborative Engineering: Partner with product managers and senior engineers across multiple time zones to refine requirements, assess technical feasibility, and participate in thorough code reviews.
What We’re Looking For:
Experience: 3–5 years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on backend systems and API development.
Core Technical Stack: Proficiency in Go, Node.js, and/or Python.
Authentication Foundations: A solid understanding of modern web security and authentication architectures, specifically OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and JWT.
Cloud & DevOps Basics: Practical experience deploying software on AWS and a functional understanding of container orchestration (Kubernetes) or Infrastructure as Code concepts (Terraform).
AI Tool Fluent: Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants to increase individual velocity, track down bugs, and improve overall code quality.
Skills Required
- 3-5 years professional experience in software development with backend systems and API development
- Proficiency in Go, Node.js, and/or Python
- Solid understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
- Practical experience deploying software on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB)
- Functional understanding of container orchestration (Kubernetes) or Infrastructure as Code concepts (Terraform)
- Experience with containerization and cloud-native tooling (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Demonstrated experience using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor)
- Experience designing automated tests and working with CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to participate in on-call rotations and respond to production alerts
- Fluent spoken and written English
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
JumpCloud’s mission is to Make Work Happen®, providing simple, secure access to an organization’s technology resources from any device, or any location. The JumpCloud Open Directory Platform gives IT, security operations, and DevOps a single, cloud-based solution to control and manage employee identities and their devices, and apply conditional access controls based on Zero Trust principals. Since launching in 2012, our global user base has grown to more than 150,000 organizations, with more than 5,000 paying customers including Cars.com, GoFundMe, Grab, ClassPass, Uplight and Peloton. JumpCloud has raised over $400M from world-class investors including Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, Sands Capital, Atlassian, and CrowdStrike. Our teams are growing fast, too, and we're looking for talent across engineering, sales, customer success, marketing, product management, and more. Join our team of dedicated, passionate, and creative people who are eager to change the IT industry forever. We live by our core values which are: Build Connections Think Big 1% Better Every Day
Why Work With Us
We offer an incredible opportunity to see your impact. Each team member gets an up close personal view and education into building a fast growing startup. We are transparent about what we are doing, how we are doing it, and the decisions that we are making. There is opportunity to progress and flexibility to find unique approaches to our business
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