Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hopae is building the world's most trusted digital identity platform, focusing on private and secure identity solutions. They are seeking a Software Engineer to design and develop their global authentication platform, integrating with various identity systems and ensuring scalable systems and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and Develop Global Authentication Platform: Build and maintain the core backend systems and high-availability infrastructure of the hConnect platform
• Integrate with Diverse Identity Systems: Develop and extend modules that integrate with national electronic ID (eID) systems and external identity services worldwide
• Build Scalable Systems: Ensure stability while progressively improving systems to handle future traffic growth and feature expansion
• Design Flexible and Scalable APIs: Develop and maintain reliable APIs that enable seamless integration with internal services and external partners
• Foster a Strong Code Culture: Collaborate with teammates through code reviews, write clean and maintainable code, and help establish a culture of engineering excellence

Skills

• Proactive Problem-Solving: Ability to go beyond assigned tasks, understand business goals, propose better solutions, and drive improvements independently
• Navigating Ambiguity: Comfortable finding the best path forward in undefined situations and collaborating with teammates to define solutions
• Deep Technical Curiosity: Goes beyond simply using frameworks; explores how technologies work at their core and makes them their own
• Transparent Communication and Collaboration: Shares progress and blockers openly with the team, listens actively to peers, and works toward better outcomes together
• Strong Fundamentals: Solid understanding of Node.js and TypeScript, with at least 2 years of backend development experience
• Depth in Specific Technologies: Strong CS fundamentals and hands-on mastery of at least one technology
• Authentication Protocol Experience: Practical experience with OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Access Token flows
• 0-to-1 Product Experience: Built early-stage products and learned from scaling them to meet business goals
• Understanding of Client Environments: Especially experience addressing compatibility challenges across browsers and mobile platforms
• Commitment to Code Quality: Experience with test automation and efforts to continuously improve code quality
• Large-Scale Traffic Handling: Designing and operating architectures that support high-volume traffic
• API Gateway / PaaS / SaaS Development Experience
• Experience with Docker, RabbitMQ/Kafka, and cloud environments (AWS/GCP)

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Remote-friendly work model
• Real ownership from Day 1
• High-impact, global product
• Multicultural, respectful team

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