Senior Software Engineer (Authentication)

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Authentication team at Pindrop, you will play a key role in building and scaling cloud services for Passport, our voice-based identity verification platform. You’ll focus on designing and delivering highly reliable, secure authentication services, leveraging AI/ML-driven signals to enhance fraud defenses and engineering productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and monitor high-performance backend services and APIs using Go and Python, emphasizing secure, low-latency authentication workflows.
• Build and maintain cloud-native services across AWS and GCP, ensuring reliability, scalability, and secure production operations, including data pipelines for ML and risk models.
• Deliver features through the full software development lifecycle, using CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Tackle complex engineering problems in authentication, identity, and fraud prevention, contributing to architecture and threat-aware design.
• Integrate AI/ML capabilities (e.g., risk scores, deepfake detection) and collaborate with Research, MLOps, and other teams to productionize models.
• Use observability tools to troubleshoot production issues, improve reliability, and reduce latency for authentication journeys.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, test, research, product) to deliver and enhance authentication capabilities.
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to documentation, runbooks, and design reviews.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of professional software development experience building backend services and APIs.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or similar languages, with a solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and Linux-based development.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-native systems in AWS or GCP, including services like S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, and IAM.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and production ownership.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, test, research, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to independently drive work from design to production, with strong judgment in performance, scale, security, and reliability.
• Resilience and adaptability in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Resourcefulness and curiosity in learning new tools and technologies.
• Mentorship mindset and commitment to helping others grow.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Redis, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, or similar technologies.
• Background in authentication, identity, fraud prevention, or security-sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with observability tooling and production diagnostics.
• Exposure to UI work or customer-facing workflows connected to backend systems.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package, including RSUs for all employees.
• Remote-first environment with flexible work arrangements.
• Regular team on-sites and company-wide events to foster connection.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Generous health and welfare plans, including an employer-paid option.
• Best-in-class HSA employer contribution.
• Low-cost vision and dental plans for comprehensive coverage.
• Paid Parental Leave for birth, adoptive, and foster parents.
• One year of diaper delivery for new parents.
• Monthly phone and internet allowance.
• Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits.
• Annual Learning & Development stipend.

US Base Pay Range: $130,000 USD - $170,000 USD. Pindrop considers factors such as scope, experience, skills, and market conditions when determining offers.