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About the role
Identity & Security
OAuth 2.0 / OIDC Depth — Deep understanding of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and related auth flows: authorization code + PKCE, client credentials, device flow, token introspection, refresh strategies.
Web Security Fundamentals — Solid grasp of cookie security, CSRF, XSS, token storage, TLS, and secure session management.
Production IAM Experience — Experience designing or operating production-grade IAM or auth systems.
Domain Context
Gaming Industry Experience — Experience working in the video game industry, building or operating platforms for game developers, publishers, or players.
Backend Engineering
Go Engineering — Strong Go (Golang) engineering skills: idiomatic code, concurrency patterns, performance profiling.
Distributed Systems — Experience with distributed systems and their trade-offs (consistency, availability, failure modes).
Data & Infrastructure
PostgreSQL — Schema design, query optimization, migrations at scale.
Kubernetes — Deploying, operating, and debugging services in a k8s environment.
Message Streaming — Kafka or NATS — event-driven patterns, consumer groups, at-least-once delivery.
Git & CI/CD — Git and modern CI/CD practices.
Leadership
Cross-Team Initiative Leadership — Proven ability to lead multi-quarter technical initiatives across teams.
Architectural Influence — Track record of influencing architecture and standards beyond your immediate team.
Written & Verbal Communication — You write RFCs and design docs that people actually read.
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