Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer

Biamp • Beaverton, OR

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer is a 3-month contract role developing cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure for Biamp’s audiovisual conferencing solutions used worldwide. The work centers on identity and access control, including the permission model, APIs, and workflows that determine what users can do across the platform. An initial priority is replacing fixed, organization-wide roles with permission sets, groups, and grants that reflect customers’ organizational structures, using SpiceDB.

The role works with Web, Embedded Software, Product Verification (QA), and Product Management teams to deliver features and resolve issues. It also includes participating in code reviews and documenting designs and processes in Confluence. This is an on-site role; Biamp does not have a remote or hybrid work policy for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience using AI agentic coding tools, such as Claude Code, as a core part of daily development; directing agents through multi-step tasks; reviewing and validating AI-generated code; and building reusable skills and tool integrations (MCP).
• 6+ years of commercial software development experience, including backend services and cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Go (Golang) and experience building microservices.
• Experience designing and building APIs; GraphQL is preferred, and exposure to REST or gRPC is valuable.
• Experience with SpiceDB, OpenFGA, or other Zanzibar-style permission systems.
• Experience designing relationship-based, hierarchical authorization models (ReBAC), including inherited and delegated access.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience working in Linux environments, including administration and shell scripting.
• Experience with agile development practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently and in a team.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Zitadel, Auth0, or similar OIDC providers.
• Experience with SCIM provisioning and SSO identity providers such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience with messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with Terraform for building and managing infrastructure.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend microservices and APIs (REST, GraphQL, and gRPC), primarily in Go.
• Design and implement fine-grained authorization using role-, resource-, and relationship-based approaches with SpiceDB.
• Plan and carry out zero-downtime, verifiably equivalent migrations of existing customer access to the new permission model.
• Build event-driven services using messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Design and maintain SQL database schemas, queries, and data migrations.
• Troubleshoot and improve the reliability, security, and performance of production services.
• Work with Web, Embedded Software, Product Verification (QA), and Product Management teams to deliver features and resolve issues.
• Participate in code reviews and document designs and processes in Confluence.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior