# Senior Software Engineer at AuthZed

- Company: AuthZed
- What the company does: Remove authorization bottlenecks, empower your team to innovate and expand with best-in-class performance at any scale. Backed by General Catalyst, Y Combinator and Amplify.
- Company website: https://authzed.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $150K to $190K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/authzed/3bfb826e-1125-4ea4-b5ea-a0dbe776ab18
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/authzed-senior-software-engineer/

## About the role

At AuthZed, we’re building the infrastructure that makes fine-grained authorization possible at scale. We are the creators of SpiceDB, the open-source permissions database inspired by Google Zanzibar, as well as a growing ecosystem of open-source and commercial products built around it.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience working in programming languages like Golang, python, Java. Experience with Go is a plus
- Strong Systems engineering background (e.g. distributed systems, operating systems, databases)
- Experience building and debugging complex production systems where correctness, reliability, and performance matter
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and managing distributed databases in cloud-native environments
- Experience with modern software development practices and tools, such as continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), Docker, and Git

Tags: Engineering