At Styra we are creating a new category of services designed to help businesses take control of their cloud operations. We empower people and software to make reliable authorization decisions in dynamic, complex, and large-scale environments with tools that provide direct, real-time visibility and control over applications and infrastructure. Styra is the company behind the extremely fast-growing Open Policy Agent (OPA) open source project – we deliver industry-leading SaaS software, built on OPA, for cloud-native environments.

Our team is seeking an experienced Back-End Engineer with a proven track record of designing and delivering world-class products. You will be working on building new features in Golang on top of Styra's state-of-the-art cloud-native platform, solving hard technical problems such as database concurrency, storage, caching, and query optimization.

What You Will Do:

In this role, you will work closely with the team to:

• Design and implement APIs to be used by the front-end, CLI, and customer automation
• Implement high-quality code with test coverage
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Contribute to high-level strategic discussions
• Understand how to build secure software
• Play a key role in building out our cloud-native security solution
  
  

What You Bring to the Team:

Great candidates often have these qualifications:

• BSCS, MSCS or equivalent experience
• 8+ years' experience working as a Software Engineer
• Proficient in Back-End tools (e.g. Golang, Git, Microservices architecture)
• A track record for taking features and products from concept to production
• Experience writing meaningful unit tests and supporting a full automation strategy
• Passionate about writing secure, reliable and fast software for a SaaS environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral, as well as exceptional listening skills
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Service Mesh, etc) and experience with Open Policy Agent
  
  

For this role, the estimated base salary is $147,000.00 - $195,000.00. The final compensation package for this role will be determined during the interview process and is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: location, skills, experience and training. This role is also eligible to receive equity, which is not listed in the salary range.

We at Styra recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to positions.

Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.