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Staff Developer, API Platform (Ecosystems) at 1password
1passwordRemote (United States | Canada)·2d ago
LeadFull-timeRustMachine LearningAgileGitGoAIAPIML
Salary Range
$153,000 - $207,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Staff Developer to join our team at 1Password, a company building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. This is a critical role at the intersection of platform architecture, developer experience, and security, with a direct impact on our biggest initiative for 2026.
Key Responsibilities
- →Design and implement shared API capabilities such as OAuth client creation, authorization enforcement, and request validation
- →Ensure APIs are secure, stable, and resilient as adoption grows
- →Establish standards and best practices for internal teams building public-facing APIs
- →Write production code and solve complex technical problems both directly and through others
- →Mentor and influence senior developers while raising the bar for platform quality across the organization
Requirements
- ✓8+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex backend or platform systems
- ✓Proficiency in Go
- ✓Deep experience designing, building, and operating public-facing APIs at scale
- ✓Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and identity concepts (OAuth, OIDC, scoped access, policy enforcement)
- ✓Proven ability to define and evolve long-lived API contracts without introducing breaking changes
- ✓Track record of setting technical direction, influencing across teams, and driving alignment in ambiguous problem spaces
- ✓Excellent judgment around tradeoffs between speed, safety, and long-term maintainability
