Opal is building the next generation of access management. We’ve all felt the pain of not getting the access we need to do our job. At Opal, we’re building a central hub for authorization to make access management automated, intelligent, and easy to use. We are taking an age old problem in enterprise software and making it simple. Our product prioritizes consumer grade simplicity with enterprise scale, reliability, and security. Our customers love our product, and we’re humbled to work with amazing companies like ScaleAI, Databricks, and Figma.

You’ll be joining an experienced team of engineers with direct experience building and scaling teams through massive growth at companies like Slack, Meta, and Samsara. On the back of this experience and our success to date, we’ve raised over $32M from leading investors including Greylock and Battery Ventures. Join us as we build the next generation identity security platform!

Your responsibilities 

• Work closely with leadership, product, and engineering to drive the technical vision and architecture for key features as well as the overall platform

• Help develop and improve engineering best practices and processes

• Develop and ship features with our tech stack: Kubernetes, Golang, Postgres, Redis, GraphQL, TypeScript, and React

• Help drive prioritization and scoping of our technical roadmap

• Mentor and coach other engineers

• Interact directly with customers on product feedback and issues 

Our ideal candidate

• 7+ years of experience (including 2+ years as a Staff+ engineer)

• Experience building 0-1 in early stage startups

• Track record of leading complex technical initiatives to completion (6+ month project time frame, involving multiple engineers and stakeholders) 

• Excited about talking to our users and incorporating their feedback into your work

• Experience building developer tooling and infrastructure at scale

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary

• Daily lunch & coffee allowance 

• Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance

• One Medical Membership

• 401k plan (no matching at this time)

• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits

This is a hybrid role based in either New York City or San Francisco. 

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds rarely apply unless they meet all the job criteria. We aren’t looking for someone who ticks every single box on a page; we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. If you think you’d be a great fit, then please get in touch to tell us about yourself. Opal is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.