Staff Developer, API Platform – Ecosystems
Job Description:
• Act as the technical DRI for the public API platform
• Partner closely with architecture and product leadership to define long-term platform direction
• Design and implement shared API capabilities such as OAuth client creation, authorization enforcement, and request validation
• Ensure APIs are secure, stable, and resilient as adoption grows
• Establish standards and best practices for internal teams building public-facing APIs
• Write production code and solve complex technical problems both directly and through others
• Mentor and influence senior developers while raising the bar for platform quality across the organization
Requirements:
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go
• Deep experience designing, building, and operating public-facing APIs at scale
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and identity concepts (OAuth, OIDC, scoped access, policy enforcement)
• Proven ability to define and evolve long-lived API contracts without introducing breaking changes
• Track record of setting technical direction, influencing across teams, and driving alignment in ambiguous problem spaces
• Excellent judgment around tradeoffs between speed, safety, and long-term maintainability
Benefits:
• Immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others)
• Utilization of our generous paid time off
• Equity grant
• Participation in our incentive programs
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• Act as the technical DRI for the public API platform
• Partner closely with architecture and product leadership to define long-term platform direction
• Design and implement shared API capabilities such as OAuth client creation, authorization enforcement, and request validation
• Ensure APIs are secure, stable, and resilient as adoption grows
• Establish standards and best practices for internal teams building public-facing APIs
• Write production code and solve complex technical problems both directly and through others
• Mentor and influence senior developers while raising the bar for platform quality across the organization
Requirements:
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go
• Deep experience designing, building, and operating public-facing APIs at scale
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and identity concepts (OAuth, OIDC, scoped access, policy enforcement)
• Proven ability to define and evolve long-lived API contracts without introducing breaking changes
• Track record of setting technical direction, influencing across teams, and driving alignment in ambiguous problem spaces
• Excellent judgment around tradeoffs between speed, safety, and long-term maintainability
Benefits:
• Immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others)
• Utilization of our generous paid time off
• Equity grant
• Participation in our incentive programs
Apply Now
Apply Now