Senior Engineer, Backend Identity

A Day in the Life:
As a Senior Backend Engineer on our Identity Engineering team, you'll design, develop and scale critical identity services and middleware that power League's platform.

You will lead complex projects from discovery to delivery, working primarily with Go, , MongoDB, Auth0, Github & GCP. You will work as part of a small team to deliver features on our roadmap and contribute to building our developer program and tools. You'll be responsible for large pieces of work, as well as setting best practices and mentoring other members of the team with openness and empathy. To thrive in this role, you are someone who works well in teams and enjoys collaborating.

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable backend services, and data storage solutions, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, proactively identifying root causes.
• Actively participate in technical design and planning discussions, contributing to system design and documentation (including ADRs)
• Uphold code quality standards through code reviews, bug fixes, automated tests, and performance monitoring.
• Lead complex projects from discovery to delivery phases, including requirement gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering their growth and development.
• Participate in our On-Call rotation

• You have a minimum of 5 years backend development experience
• You enjoy delivering value to customers
• You have experience building scalable, fault-tolerant cloud services
• You know how to write high-quality, testable code, and understand the tradeoffs between expediency and maintainability
• You understand how the web works and what a good API looks like
• When things break, you're eager and able to help fix things

Bonus experience

• Experience building and maintaining environments deployed through infrastructure-as-code pipelines.
• An understanding of basic cryptographic principles and systems.
• Strong experience or knowledge about OAuth, OpenID Connect or FIDO standards.
• Experience working with Golang, Google Cloud Platform or

What We Offer

• Comprehensive Health Benefits: We prioritize your well-being with complete medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Bonus Program: Be rewarded for your contributions with our performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Option Program: Become an owner and share in our success through our stock option program
• Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Spending Accounts: Manage your healthcare and dependent care expenses with tax-advantaged spending accounts
• Wellness Days: Prioritize your mental and physical health with dedicated wellness days throughout the year
• Growth Opportunities: We invest in your future with abundant opportunities for professional development and advancement
• Mentorship Program: Benefit from guidance and support from experienced leaders in your field

The Application Process:
We believe applying for a job should be straightforward and transparent. Here's what to expect:

1. Submit Your Application: You'll receive a confirmation email right away.
2. Intro sessions: Learn more about our culture, get alignment on your compensation expectation prior to committing to next steps
3. Take-home assessment
4. Meet the Engineering Team: Dive into technical discussions and learn how you can make an impact at League.
5. Final Steps: Meet our cross-functional team and the hiring managers and share experiences on collaboration
6. Offer and onboarding

We value your time and effort—our team is committed to providing updates throughout the process.

Security-related Responsibilities

• Compliance with Information Security Policies
• Compliance with League's secure coding practice
• Responsibility and accountability for executing League's policies and procedures
• Notification of HR, Legal, Compliance & Security of any incidents, breaches or policy violations