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Senior Software Engineer (Identity)

Thrive · Remote (United States) · Remote

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About Thrive

Founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016, Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company with the mission to improve productivity and health outcomes – one Microstep at a time. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and IVP.

About the role

This is a high-impact role for a senior engineer who wants real ownership from day one. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Identity team, you will design, build, and operate the systems that underpin sign-up, authentication, and identity across every Thrive product. When an employee at one of our 200+ enterprise customers signs in, your work is the front door. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Independently scope and deliver medium-to-large projects — take an ambiguous problem, break it into well-sized workstreams, sequence the work, and drive it to completion with minimal hand-holding
  • Partner closely with Product and stakeholders — translate business requirements into technical plans, surface trade-offs early, and keep cross-functional partners informed throughout delivery
  • Set a high bar for quality without sacrificing pace — bring a bias to ship and iterate fast, balanced with the craft and judgment to avoid costly shortcuts
  • Support reliability and incident response — provide on-call and incident support during US working hours to keep the platform healthy and customers supported
  • BA/BS degree or relevant work experienc e
  • Senior-level engineering experience with a track record of owning production systems end-to-end
More about this role

This is a high-impact role for a senior engineer who wants real ownership from day one. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Identity team, you will design, build, and operate the systems that underpin sign-up, authentication, and identity across every Thrive product. When an employee at one of our 200+ enterprise customers signs in, your work is the front door.

This is a fast-moving, lean environment. We are looking for someone who brings the pragmatism of a startup, a bias to ship and iterate quickly, paired with the craft of an engineer who has seen the long-term cost of shortcuts.

How You'll Contribute

  • Own and evolve the enterprise identity platform end-to-end — Design, build, and ship the software that onboards, authenticates and authorizes users to the entire Thrive ecosystem. Partner with internal teams to provide the tools & systems to manage a users’ identity and enable the mission of Thrive.
  • Independently scope and deliver medium-to-large projects — take an ambiguous problem, break it into well-sized workstreams, sequence the work, and drive it to completion with minimal hand-holding.
  • Partner closely with Product and stakeholders — translate business requirements...

Read the full posting on Thrive's site ↗

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