Intermediate Backend Engineer, Authorization
Jobgether (company site, opens in a new tab)2–4 yrsRemoteDirect career pageEst. 8–18 LPA
Posted 13h ago
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About This Role
- Develop and maintain authorization features within a Ruby on Rails application, ensuring secure and reliable access control for users, tokens, and automated agents.
- Deliver and own engineering projects involving permission models, API authorization improvements, and incremental refactoring while maintaining backward compatibility.
- Contribute to evolving authorization architecture integrating a new Rust-based policy engine and collaborate asynchronously with cross-functional teams on design and documentation.
Minimum Requirements
- 2-4 years professional experience building and maintaining production Ruby on Rails applications.
- Hands-on experience with authorization concepts such as RBAC and fine-grained permissions and knowledge of API authorization patterns including GraphQL.
- Strong security mindset with ability to recognize authorization-related vulnerabilities and maintain high application performance despite permission checks.
- Experience working asynchronously, writing technical documentation, performing incremental refactoring, and collaborating within distributed teams.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Backend engineer with solid Ruby on Rails expertise focused on application security-sensitive authorization systems.
- Comfortable working incrementally on established codebases and managing feature-flagged deployments to avoid disruptions.
- Able to function effectively in fully remote asynchronous environments involving detailed written communication, code reviews, and collaborative design decisions.