Staff Developer, API Platform – Ecosystems
Job Description: • Act as the technical DRI for the public API platform • Partner closely with architecture and product leadership to define long-term platform direction • Design and implement shared API capabilities such as OAuth client creation, authorization enforcement, and request validation • Ensure APIs are secure, stable, and resilient as adoption grows • Establish standards and best practices for internal teams building public-facing APIs • Write production code and solve complex technical problems both directly and through others • Mentor and influence senior developers while raising the bar for platform quality across the organization Requirements: • 8+ years of software engineering experience • Proficiency in Go • Deep experience designing, building, and operating public-facing APIs at scale • Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and identity concepts (OAuth, OIDC, scoped access, policy enforcement) • Proven ability to define and evolve long-lived API contracts without introducing breaking changes • Track record of setting technical direction, influencing across teams, and driving alignment in ambiguous problem spaces • Excellent judgment around tradeoffs between speed, safety, and long-term maintainability Benefits: • Immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others) • Utilization of our generous paid time off • Equity grant • Participation in our incentive programs Apply tot his job