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Foundations is the platform team that builds shared platform primitives that other engineering teams depend on including core services for authentication, access control, customer secrets management, and customer telemetry. This role will own the technical direction for Foundations. You will partner with the Foundations Engineering Manager, who owns people and process, while you own architecture and technical execution.\nResponsibilities:\nOwn the architecture of the Platform Authorization Service (PAS), the system that controls access across the platform.\n\nSet the technical direction for identity, single sign-on (SSO), access control, secrets management services and more.\n\nLead delivery of Foundations core services, including login, authorization, and tenancy.\n\nAct as the primary technical decision maker for Foundations.\n\nLead and mentor the Foundations engineering team through daily technical work.\n\nPartner with the Foundations Engineering Manager and Product Manager on team execution.\n\nDrive core components through to GA (general availability) launch.\n\nDefine API contracts for platform services that others consume, including Delivery Platform and Application teams.\n\nWork with the Foundations Product Manager to align technical plans with product priorities.\n\nSet engineering standards for code review, testing, and documentation across the team.\n\nRequirements:\n7+ years of software development experience, including technical ownership of a platform or infrastructure area.\n\n3+ years of experience in a B2B software startup or high-growth organization.\n\nDirect experience with authentication and authorization systems (for example, OAuth, SSO, or role-based access control).\n\nExperience leading engineering work without formal manager authority.\n\nBackend programming experience in Python and Go.\n\nExperience designing APIs consumed by other engineering teams.\n\nStrong Linux and distributed systems fundamentals.\n\nA track record of making technical decisions under ambiguity.\n\nNice to Have:\nExperience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.\n\nExperience with network management or infrastructure software (for example, NetBox).\n\nOpen-source contributions or project involvement.\n\nComfort with AI-enhanced tooling (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor).\n\nJoin NetBox Labs. Help build the identity and access foundation the rest of the platform relies on.\nAbout NetBox Labs:\nNetBox Labs helps companies build and manage complex networks. We help customers accelerate network automation by delivering open, composable products and supporting the network automation community.\nNetBox Labs is the commercial steward of open source NetBox, the world’s most popular network source of truth, and Orb, the next-generation open source network observability platform. Our products include NetBox Enterprise, a fully supported self-managed NetBox with advanced features, and NetBox Cloud, a secure, scalable, and reliable SaaS edition of NetBox.\nNetBox powers thousands of companies, and NetBox Labs is backed by investment from Notable Capital (formerly GGV), Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce Ventures, and Mango Capital.\nOur culture and values:\nWe own and solve problems with high attention to detail.\n\nOur open source contributors, users, customers & team are all part of our community. When our community wins, we win.\n\nWe prioritize simplicity and think twice before adding complexity\n\nClear communication helps keep our team aligned and collaborating smoothly.\n\nNetBox Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse teams build better software, and we welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. 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