Backend Engineer Account Safety

Backend Engineer - Account Safety

Location: Remote

Type: Contract (initial 6 months, potential extension)

Role Overview: We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Account Safety team. This role will focus on building and strengthening critical backend services that support password management, email/phone alias platforms, and identity management. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Django and Python, with experience in identity, credential, and OAuth workflows.

Key Responsibilities (First 90 Days):

• Audit current identity backend surfaces (alias creation, rotation, credential vault) and deliver a prioritized hardening plan.

• Develop and ship the next two highestpriority backend features from the Account Safety roadmap.

• Eliminate one legacy pattern identified at project kickoff.

• Produce documentation and hand off ownership to internal teams.

Tech Stack:

• Django + Python

• Django REST Framework (DRF)

• Identity, alias, and credential primitives

• Email/phone alias platform plumbing

• Password manager services

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with strong expertise in Django and DRF.

• Proven experience with identity, credential, and OAuth workflows.

• Comfort working in hightrust, securitysensitive environments.

• Strong problemsolving skills and a bias toward shipping solutions quickly.

• Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Success Measures (First Month):

• Delivery of audit documentation with prioritized hardening list.

• First Account Safety backend feature shipped behind a feature flag.