Senior Developer

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

We're thrilled to be scaling out a new team at 1Password to keep our customers secure as they adopt AI, and we're looking for a Senior Developer to join us. This is a unique opportunity to define innovative ideas, shape our technical direction, and contribute to the execution of greenfield projects in the rapidly evolving field of AI.

We’re setting the standard for how AI and agentic workflows are secured. Our current focus is on access management for AI agents, ensuring they can safely and seamlessly interact with other software and systems while keeping the credentials used in this exchange secure. We work across a wide-ranging tech stack in a fast-moving space. Our projects span across client-side and system-level logic to back-end systems. You’ll bring a breadth of experience that allows you to quickly jump in new tech stacks and domains and help us create and shape new products and features for this emerging market.

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.

What we're looking for:

• You have 2+ years of experience in software development
• Experience with a modern backend language (e.g. Go, Node.js, Ruby, or Python).
• A drive for and proven experience in software development best practices, and coding standards
• You enjoy solving moderately complex problems with a demonstrated ability to tackle problems and propose effective solutions
• You like communicating and collaborating and can demonstrate experience in working effectively with team and communicating technical concepts to non-technical cross-functional partners
• You’re passionate about testing methodologies and debugging techniques to ensure high-quality code

Bonus points for:

• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and identity concepts (OAuth, OIDC, scoped access, policy enforcement)
• Familiarity with MCP servers
• Some experience with Kotlin, Swift, Rust, JavaScript, Go, or related languages. Or a demonstrated ability to pick up new languages quickly.
• Experience working with distributed systems at scale, demonstrating best practices around monitoring, observability, performance and reliability

What you can expect:

• Code, test, debug, deliver and maintain production software systems for new and existing product features
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and/or stakeholders throughout the development cycle to ensure smooth releases
• Work with your teammates and project manager to communicate technical requirements to stakeholders and solve technical problems in a scalable and realistic way
• Mentor junior and new team members by helping them understand team expectations, providing technical guidance, sharing knowledge, and engaging in pair programming sessions
• Participate in planning by identifying major tasks and breaking down, estimating, and planning work
• Write comprehensive tests during various stages of the development cycle, ensuring code is functioning as expected
• Review code for others to maintain high code quality, knowledge share within the team, and support creating a safe environment of giving and receiving feedback
• Generate and review documentation on code processes to ensure scalability
• Stay informed about the latest industry trends, technologies, and best pract