Mid-Level Software Engineer, Authorium

• 3+ years of professional full-stack experience. We value deep engineering fundamentals—system design, database optimization, and clean architecture—over fluency in any specific syntax
• Systems Thinker: A demonstrated ability to understand and contribute to complex domain objects and data models in production environments
• High-Agency: You don’t wait for a perfectly groomed ticket. You are comfortable partnering with product managers to turn ambiguous requirements into elegant technical specs
• Security Minded: You treat security as a core engineering discipline. You have a strong working knowledge of defensive coding practices and the authorization models required to protect sensitive data
• Quality Obsessed: A history of writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing. You take pride in your PR history and believe that "done" includes documentation and observability
• San Francisco Based: Energized by an in-office (Monday–Thursday) collaborative culture

Desirable

• We are establishing our San Francisco office as a strategic center for high-bandwidth engineering and product innovation
• This is a foundational role for an engineer who thrives in an in-person, collaborative environment and wants to accelerate their career by being "in the room" where our most complex architectural decisions are made
• While Authorium is a distributed company, our SF office is where we tackle our most intricate "war room" challenges—from modularizing our core domain to whiteboarding the next generation of our workflow engine
• You will be a key contributor to the technical integrity of our platform, shipping mission-critical features and collaborating daily with a high-caliber team to power our next major phase of expansion
• Shipping Core Features: Deliver complex, high-impact features across our platform—from building robust versioning systems to designing intricate approval workflows and permission models
• Technical Evolution: Participate in architectural decisions that scale across multiple customer configurations. You’ll contribute to ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and help drive the modularization of our core domain
• High-Bandwidth Collaboration: Work in-person (Monday–Thursday) in our SF office to whiteboard solutions, debug production bottlenecks, and move from idea to deployment at high velocity
• Engineering Craft: Uphold a high bar for technical excellence. You’ll engage in deep, architectural code reviews and contribute to the advancement of our automated quality gates
• AI-Native Workflow: Leverage Cursor and Claude to offload boilerplate and focus on complex implementation. You’ll help refine our AI-first patterns—including agentic testing and automated reviews—ensuring the team operates at maximum leverage