Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve the world's hardest, highest-impact problems. As an engineer at Cognite, you will own major parts of the identity platform, build and operate services end to end in Rust and Kotlin, and applications in TypeScript, and mentor engineers across the team.

Responsibilities

Own major parts of the identity platform, such as token introspection, external IdP federation, or the audit log pipeline from design through to production; Lead design reviews and set the technical direction, testing practices, and operational standards for your domain; Translate ambiguous requirements into scalable, secure designs for identity, access management, and auditing at scale; Build and operate services end to end in Rust and Kotlin, and applications in TypeScript; Shape the product's direction by working closely with teams across engineering, product, and customer success; Mentor engineers and raise the standard of code review, reliability, and operational excellence across the team

Requirements

5yrs or more production experience in Rust or Kotlin, ideally from a SaaS product environment, and the flexibility to learn the other; A track record of owning a business-critical service in production, through design, delivery, and operation; Deep interest or hands-on expertise in authorization, authentication, and security, OAuth2/OIDC, tokens, and multi-tenancy; Hands-on experience with large-scale cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and Kubernetes; Experienced using AI coding assistants and agents in day-to-day engineering, with sound judgement about when to rely on their output and when to verify it; Skilled at resolving complex issues from logs, traces, and metrics, prioritizing for impact, and communicating clearly across teams

Benefits

Join an organization of 60 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus; A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization; Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers; Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects, across industries, with cutting edge technology; Join the HUB to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and partners; Access to private health services with Cognite Care; Subsidized lunch at the canteen delivered by the chefs at Fornebuporten (Aker Tech House); Cognite exclusive coffee bar with baristas; Broad health offering and free membership to the fully-staffed on-site gym; Meet Spot at the Robot Garden