About the team

Boundary standardizes secure remote access across dynamic environments, allowing organizations to connect users and manage access with identity-based security controls.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

We’re looking for fresh/junior engineers with a backend focus to join our team. In this role, you can expect to:

• Design, prototype and implement features and tools while ensuring stability and usability
• Collaborate closely with Product Design and Product Management partners, as well as engineers on your team and others
• Follow through on assigned tasks to build and ship medium-sized features, managing task expectations as needed
• Engage in team discussions around diagnosis, planning, and workflow improvements based on product requirements
• Apply independent judgment within team practices to determine appropriate actions and solutions
• Address unforeseen challenges, making recommendations to keep tasks on track
• Debug and resolve small to medium-level bugs in products or solutions to maintain quality
• Review technical contributions for quality and consistency, collaborating with stakeholders to resolve issues and recommend technical or architectural changes
• Participate in on-call rotations to support product needs

What you’ll need (basic qualifications)

• You have two or more years of professional experience as an engineer
• You have professional experience developing with modern programming languages and frameworks, and are interested in working in Golang
• You have experience working with distributed systems, particularly on a cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience and security
• Experience in reviewing & refactoring code & making suggestions that improve the codebase and product
• Writing tests for more complex or edge cases 
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and foster relationships across teams and stakeholders, with a focus on valuing diverse perspectives and proficiently managing expectations
• Proven decision-making abilities with an intentional, data-driven approach to solving complex technical challenges and delivering results
• Emerging focus on customers and systems-thinking mindset, with a commitment to personal accountability, self-awareness, and continuous improvement in support of high-quality outcomes

What's nice to have (preferred qualifications)

• You have experience using HashiCorp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul)
• You have prior experience working in cloud platform engineering teams
• Emerging experience in mentoring team members, helping to enhance their problem-solving, critical thinking, and planning skills

Individual pay within the range will be determined based on job related-factors such as skills, experience, and education or training.

The base pay range for this role in the SF Bay Area / NYC area is:$127,500—$150,000 USDThe base pay range for this role in California (excluding SF Bay Area), New York (excluding NYC), Seattle Metro, Denver / Boulder Metro, Washington D.C., or Maryland is:$116,900—$137,500 USDThe base pay range for this role in Colorado (excluding Denver / Boulder Metro), Illinois, Minnesota, or Washington (excluding Seattle Metro) is:$106,300—$125,000 USD