Join Opal Security to build AI-native identity governance systems that scale with enterprise chaos. As a full-stack engineer, you will design and ship features from concept to production, solving complex IAM challenges for Fortune 500s. You will work closely with customers to architect secure, real-time control planes that empower rapid innovation without compromising security.
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Software Engineer at Opal Security
Opal Security is reinventing identity governance for the AI era, and they’re looking for a Software Engineer to join their San Francisco team. Backed by $59M from top-tier investors like Greylock and Battery, Opal is building the essential control plane for enterprises like Databricks and Figma to manage human and AI identities. Led by industry veterans from Meta and Palo Alto Networks, this is a rare chance to own critical product areas end-to-end and shape the future of enterprise security. If you thrive in ambiguous spaces and want to build high-impact, full-stack solutions, this $140K-$250K role with equity is your next big move.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
$140k-$250k + Equity
Company
Opal Security
About this role
Role overview
About the company
The best security and engineering teams use Opal to manage access for everyone and everything in the modern enterprise — from employees and contractors to service accounts and AI agents. Recognizing that access moves rapidly, touches everything, and changes constantly, our AI-proofed authorization control plane is built for how identity works (and what identity security needs) today and tomorrow: scale, speed, and intelligence. We are based in San Francisco, trusted by leading hypergrowth startups and the Fortune 500 alike, and backed by Greylock, Battery Ventures, Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI), and other top experts from around the world.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Own critical product areas end-to-end, from initial architectural design to shipping production-ready features across the full application stack.
- Collaborate directly with security teams at high-growth startups and global enterprises to validate solutions and understand real-world infrastructure challenges.
- Establish engineering patterns and write foundational code that multiplies team velocity and shapes how Opal Security scales its technical infrastructure.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience building and shipping complex, end-to-end products across both frontend and backend in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong architectural thinking skills with the ability to thrive in undefined spaces and challenge requirements to find better technical outcomes.
- A genuine curiosity for IAM, security, or infrastructure, coupled with a desire to engage directly with customers to solve their pain points.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a hyper-growth team where 60% of the workforce joined since 2026, led by an elite executive team from Meta, Nutanix, and Palo Alto Networks.
- Tackle the burgeoning "identity moment" by building the control plane for human, service, and AI agent identities used by industry leaders like Figma.
- Influence the entire product lifecycle in an environment that prioritizes thoughtful engineering and creative problem-solving over high-velocity ticket completion.
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