Who you are

• At least 2 years of experience managing a team of 3+ engineers and providing technical leadership
• At least 5 years of professional experience developing backend systems (Java, Go, C#, C++, etc.)
• Superb written and verbal communication, time management skills, and a growth mindset
• A passion for building technical and leadership skills in others through coaching, mentoring, and career development planning
• A strong commitment to building and fostering a diverse and supportive culture that values customer obsession, continuous improvement, and high standards
• Is curious, collaborative, empathetic, and intellectually honest
• Experience building identity and access management systems such as authentication (OAuth, SSO), authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), and login and registration systems a plus

What the job involves

• We're seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Atlas Identity and Access Management (IAM) team
• IAM is a platform and a product team
• We serve internal engineers by providing them a secure and durable suite of services, and we serve external customers by providing them user facing features and products
• We are the owners of Atlas’ authentication (OAuth, SSO, Federated Identity) and authorization (RBAC, ABAC) systems, along with many others
• The IAM team’s mission is to enable customers to securely build their applications with Atlas through our best in class user experience
• Lead and grow a team of engineers by creating a positive culture, handling career growth and performance conversations, and aligning team execution to strategy and vision
• Take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvements for our features and platform
• Provide feedback on the feasibility, functionality, design, and timeline of new projects
• Take responsibility for the planning and execution of major features
• Design processes to ensure that the team can efficiently scale with the business
• Own the monitoring, operations, and maintenance of the systems your team develops
• Collaborate across time zones with US-based IAM teams
• In 1 month you'll have onboarded to our codebase and system architecture
• In 3 months, you'll have planned and defined the work for a large project
• In 6 months, you’ll have successfully hired and onboarded at least two new team members

Benefits

• Rich health insurance coverage
• Virtual & on-site fitness classes
• Health screenings & telemedicine
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Global and internal mobility opportunities
• Equity & Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Pension & retirement programs
• Income Protection
• Flexible PTO is offered to every US employee & competitive time off policies for non-US employees
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mental health counseling
• Free meditation app access
• Fertility & adoption financial assistance
• Parental counseling for new parents
• 20 weeks of fully paid gender neutral parental leave & flexible work arrangements
• 4 weeks of emergency care leave