Staff Software Engineer

About HashiCorp

HashiCorp is solves development, operations, and security challenges in infrastructure so organizations can focus on business-critical tasks. We build products to give organizations a consistent way to manage their move to cloud-based IT infrastructures for running their applications. Our products enable companies large and small to mix and match AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and other clouds as well as on-premise environments, easing their ability to deliver new applications for their business.

Engineering at HashiCorp is largely a remote team. While prior experience working remotely isn't required, we are looking for team members who perform well given a high level of independence and autonomy.

HashiCorp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and other applicable state or local laws.

HashiCorp is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please reach out to benefits@hashicorp.com

The Position

The Cloud Services team is responsible for delivering HashiCorp’s software as a managed cloud service. You will be directly contributing to the development of our recently unveiled new flagship HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP), a self-service, fully managed platform offering HashiCorp products as a service to automate infrastructure on any cloud according to the latest best practices.

Staff Engineers are leaders that continually strive to set a higher standard for the engineering organization as a whole. They are expected to help drive the product vision forward and propose novel areas of innovation with emerging technology.

Staff engineers at Hashicorp are experts in a specific problem space within our domain. Their core responsibilities are to work across team boundaries and work closely with product management ahead of the roadmap to aid in discovery and scoping discussions. We expect staff engineers to be highly autonomous, collaborate across product management and engineering to deliver both architectural vision and code, and lead by example to set a high bar for engineering excellence.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Provide expertise and guidance around Identity for Hashicorp
• Build and operate an Identity service Interface directly with internal teams, product lines, and HashiCorp customers.
• Work to support multiple cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Work with HashiCorp products such as Terraform, Consul, Vault, and Nomad.

Requirements

• You have experience building and operating IAM systems utilizing OAuth2, OIDC, SAML or other IAM protocols.
• Have integrated with an Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platform, such as Auth0, Okta, or similar iDPs
• Have integrated with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience and/or desire to program in Golang
• Have designed, implemented and maintained an IAM system ensuring audit and privacy compliance
• Have a strong understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of a microservices architecture, and have operated them at a global scale
• You are able to knowledgeably discuss design and performance tradeoffs in complex systems.
• While we strive to hire at a variety of experience levels, this particular opening is not well-suited for recent graduates.

Our Hiring Process

Please note, as communication is a critical aspect of how we work, a cover letter is a great way to provide a sample of how you communicate. In your cover letter, describe why you're interested in working at HashiCorp, and what draws you to this role in particular.

The below serves as a basic outline; we may choose to add or remove steps based on the information that we gather during the process.

• Introductory Call with someone from our recruiting team.
• First Interview with an Engineering Manager.
• Interview Loop with additional team members, with the following panel:
• Technical Code Pairing interview
• Code Review interview
• Communication and Collaboration interview
• Systems and architecture interview
• If applicable, a final conversation with the Engineering Manager for the team you would be joining.
• Offer.

We do our best to accommodate your programming language of choice for technical interviews.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision. HashiCorp offers your choice of medical plans as well as dental and vision coverage for you and any dependents, including spouses, domestic partners, and children. Coverage begins upon your first day of hire.
• Life & disability insurance. HashiCorp provides life insurance coverage in the amount equal to your annual salary at no cost to you. If you would like additional coverage, you have the option to enroll in voluntary life insurance for yourself or your dependents. You will also be covered under our short term and long term disability policies in the event that you are unable to work for an extended period of time due to a health condition.
• Flexible spending account (FSA). You can set aside pretax money to go towards the purchase or payment of approved health care and dependent care expenses. These can include copays, birth control, day care for children or elder adults, acupuncture, and more.
• Vacation and Other Leaves. We believe in giving our employees the opportunity to recharge and refresh, and our vacation policy reflects that. Our Paid Vacation Policy offers employees 4 weeks of vacation per year. So, whether you’d like to vacation on a beach or relax at home, it’s up to you! Additionally, we offer 10 days of paid sick leave per year, 12 paid holidays, bereavement leave, miscarriage leave and extended personal leave. We value your health and well-being and empower you to take ownership of your earned and well-deserved time away.
• 401(k). Our 401(k) plan provides a variety of investment options to help you fund your retirement. The plan allows you to contribute a designated amount of your pre-taxed income from each paycheck thereby lowering your taxable annual income. The plan also offers employees the opportunity to enroll in Roth, and after-tax contributions.
• Family Expansion Benefit. We are dedicated to supporting the needs of our employees and their families in a way that is inclusive of all family structures. That is why we’re proud to offer a Family Expansion Benefit through Carrot designed to support a variety of family expansion methods that range from Adoption to Fertility treatments, and can be customized to the needs and preferences of each individual employee.
• Maternity and Parental Leave. To bond with their newborn, we provide birthing parents up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave via short-term disability and HashiCorp’s parental leave policy. For non-birthing parents (including adoptive) we offer 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Expanded Mental Health Support. We understand the importance of supporting our employees mental health, and are committed to doing this through a variety of resources. In addition to offering an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), we provide employees access to an on-demand behavioral healthcare benefit through Ginger.