Senior Software Engineer (Server -  UAF)

HYPR, the Identity Assurance Company, helps organizations create trust in the identity lifecycle.  We are a community of bold thinkers and energetic doers who imagined a brand new approach to identity security and, at the same time, are eliminating a pervasive and persistent 60-year old problem – the password. Since being founded in 2014, the company has grown to be the premium provider of authentication security to marquee brands around the globe and are quickly becoming the recognized leader in Identity Assurance. We are looking for exceptional people with the ambition and the will to positively change the world. If that sounds like you, join us on our mission to create a passwordless world and secure the identity lifecycle.

Your Role and Impact 

HYPR is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who cares deeply about building secure, high-quality software—and wants to work on problems that actually matter.

We are a great home for people who are intrinsically motivated—proud of their craft and excited to build with a high-bar team that expects great work and supports you.

You’ll design, build, and operate core components of HYPR’s security platform, used by Fortune 500 companies:

• Passwordless authentication and identity verification systems built on open standards
• W3C-compliant authentication servers and large-scale distributed systems
• Security-focused infrastructure and application workflows
• Emerging capabilities at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI

“If you're passionate about cyber security, scalable architectures, and impactful engineering, HYPR will be a great fit for you.”

What you will do in this role

• Design, develop and deploy SaaS services end-to-end—from understanding requirements and designing solutions to deployment, production support, scalability and performance
• Be on the fore front of AI-native SDLC by using agents throughout design, coding, testing, and documentation
• Research new technologies and solutions to improve existing products and explore new directions
• Implement comprehensive automated testing at the component level and collaborate with SDET(s)
• Participate in standards bodies and shape next-generation standards like W3C, WebAuthn, and OAuth
• Work directly with customers - product calls to understand the problems and an on-call rotation of incident escalation

Who you are

• Self-starter—able to dive into an existing product and learn quickly in a fast, hands-on environment
• Team player—collaboration with team members, operations, and support teams is critical
• Detail-oriented—takes pride in writing high-quality, maintainable code and following best practices
• Security-minded—interested in the cybersecurity domain; previous exposure or participation is a plus
• Autonomous and accountable—takes ownership of work and drives it to completion; actively assists in the production support aspects of your work as needed

Required Qualifications

Expert-Level

• Java SE 21+ and Spring/Quarkus
• Kubernetes or another container orchestration platform
• Cloud-first development experience—AWS, Azure, or similar
• Datastores, one or more of: MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB, Redshift, Redis

Strong

• CS algorithms, data structures, clean code, and scalability design patterns
• Scalable services—multi-region, graceful degradation, and elastic capacity
• One major JS framework—Angular, React, or Vue
• Observability techniques and tools—events, metrics, OpenTelemetry
• Continuous deployment methodologies—unit, acceptance, and load testing approaches
• Kotlin development experience

Preferred

• Authentication protocol knowledge is highly valued—OAuth, SAML, WebAuthn, PKI, Kerberos, FIDO/FIDO2
• Keycloak, Ping or Okta authentication server
• One Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool—Terraform, Helm, AWS CloudFormation
• Dynamically typed language—Python, Ruby, or similar

Experience

10+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining an enterprise web-based platform that services at least 100K users. Can be SaaS or on-premise

Education

BS/MS in computer science or a related software engineering field.

What HYPR Offers

• Long-Term stability within a high-growth sector within identity access automation.
• Majority of HYPR engineers are Senior; you’re joining a team of all-stars who consistently deliver the highest quality code and products on tight timelines.
• Strong support for work–life balance, with flexibility to meet family and personal responsibilities. We offer a generous amount of PTO and wellness days.
• Emphasis on collaboration, with paid weekly team lunches in office (some variations by country).
• Employer-paid supplemental medical coverage (some variations by country).
• Paid access to leading industry conferences and opportunities to participate in standards bodies, including FIDO and OAUTH.
• Extreme product focus with high levels of ownership and autonomy—you’ll work on cutting-edge, high-impact problems, bringing together your own insights to drive meaningful outcomes

Full Time Opportunity: Yes

Remote: Yes

As the premium provider of authentication security, HYPR is committed to preventing identity fraud by safely and accurately verifying the identities of our employees. Accordingly, all new employees are required to participate in an automated identity verification process, which includes document verification, location detection, and facial recognition, on their first day of employment with the Company.  To learn more about this identity verification process,  please contact [email protected].