Opal

Software Engineer

Opal$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software development or a related field
  • Proficiency in both frontend and backend technologies
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on customer needs
  • Experience in security and identity access management (IAM)
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams

Responsibilities

  • Own critical product areas from concept to production, ensuring scalability
  • Write maintainable code that enhances team productivity and knowledge
  • Design and validate solutions by engaging directly with customers
  • Establish best practices to improve team velocity and efficiency

Benefits

  • Early employee equity
  • Top-tier Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage
  • Company and team bonding trips covered
  • Daily lunch & coffee allowance
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 11 company holidays
  • One Medical Membership
  • 401k plan
  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
Full Job Description
About the Role:

Identity is having a moment. Every company is deploying agents, spinning up service accounts, and realizing their IAM stack can't keep up. We're building AI-native security that scales with this chaos and companies like Databricks and Figma are betting on us to get it right.

You will build customer solutions across the entire stack. You'll talk directly to security and eng teams at Fortune 500s and startups alike, understand their messy reality, and architect systems that actually solve their problems. You'll own the problem, not just the solution, which means you get to be creative, challenge assumptions, and build things that don't exist yet.

This is a team of people who genuinely like each other and want to work together. We value thoughtful engineering over speed-running tickets. You'll collaborate with people who have wildly different expertise, debate tradeoffs, and ship work you're proud of.

Please note: We've built a team that works exceptionally well together and has fun doing so. We're looking to bring on new teammates who will both add to and grow with what we're building

Your Responsibilities:
  • Own critical product areas from concept to production: design and build features across our full stack, make architectural decisions, work directly with customers to validate solutions, and ensure your systems scale as we grow.
  • Multiply the team's impact: write code that other engineers build on top of, establish patterns that improve our velocity, share knowledge that levels up the team, and help shape how we build at Opal.

Our Ideal Candidate Loves to:
  • Build end-to-end: you can take a customer problem, design the solution, and ship it across frontend and backend.
  • Think creatively: you're not a code monkey or a bot following specs. You question requirements, propose better approaches, and care about the "why" behind what you're building.
  • Thrive in undefined spaces: you get energized by ambiguous problems where there's no playbook. You'd rather figure out what to build than be handed a detailed spec.
  • Talk to customers: you want to understand who you're building for, what they need, and how Opal enables their growth and success
  • Explore a passion or curiosity in IAM / security


Benefits & Perks
  • Competitive Salary
  • Early employee equity
  • Top-tier Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage
  • Company and team bonding trips throughout the year fully covered by Opal Security
  • Daily lunch & coffee allowance
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 11 company holidays
  • One Medical Membership
  • 401k plan
  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits

This role is based in San Francisco. Remote optional

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds rarely apply unless they meet all the job criteria. We aren't looking for someone who ticks every single box on a page; we're looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. If you think you'd be a great fit, then please get in touch to tell us about yourself.

About Opal

Opal is a software company that provides a cloud-based collaboration platform for marketing teams. The platform allows teams to manage their marketing campaigns, content, and assets in one place, and provides tools for collaboration, workflow management, and analytics. Opal was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company serves customers in a variety of industries, including healthcare, technology, and consumer goods.
Learn more about Opal
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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