# Senior Developer, Admin Workflows
**Company:** [1Password](https://scaleengineer.com/companies/1password)
Join 1Password's Admin Workflows team as a Senior Developer to architect and build scalable notification systems and administrative workflows for enterprise customers. This role requires 5+ years of SaaS backend development experience with strong Go proficiency, distributed systems expertise, and a product-focused mindset to deliver secure, high-quality solutions that drive measurable customer outcomes. Lead technical design decisions, mentor junior engineers, and influence architectural direction across teams in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
**Role:** Senior Backend Engineer
**Seniority:** Senior
**Locations:** Remote (United States | Canada)
**Remote:** yes
**Salary:** 144000–214000 CAD
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## Responsibilities

- Lead Notification System Architecture: Design and architect scalable notification and admin workflow systems supporting multiple delivery channels (email, in-app, webhooks, integrations) with high reliability, throughput, and minimal latency while maintaining security and compliance standards
- Own Implementation & Delivery: Lead the design, development, and deployment of notification system services using Go and distributed systems patterns, ensuring production-quality code, comprehensive testing, and operational excellence
- Partner With Cross-Functional Teams: Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to refine product hypotheses, define measurable success metrics, interpret data-driven results, and iterate rapidly on customer-facing workflows that drive B2B administrator adoption
- Balance Technical Excellence With Speed: Navigate the tradeoff between rapid feature iteration and long-term architectural health by making informed technical decisions that prevent technical debt while maintaining competitive release velocity
- Set Code Review Standards: Lead by example in code reviews by evaluating code quality, architectural alignment with system design, performance implications, security best practices, and adherence to engineering standards across the team
- Mentor & Elevate Team: Mentor engineers through code reviews, collaborative technical design discussions, pair programming, and knowledge sharing to accelerate team growth and establish high engineering standards
- Drive Measurable Impact: Focus on delivering features and improvements that directly influence measurable customer and business outcomes, including user adoption metrics, administrator satisfaction, and organizational security posture
- Ensure Security & Compliance: Apply security-first thinking to all technical decisions, implement threat modeling for admin workflows, ensure proper handling of sensitive identity and authorization data, and maintain compliance with enterprise security standards

## Requirements

### education

- {"name":"Computer Science or Related Field","description":"Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional software development experience demonstrating core computer science competencies"}

### technical

- {"name":"Go Backend Development","description":"Production-grade expertise in Go for building high-performance distributed backend services, public APIs, and complex business logic with attention to concurrency, memory efficiency, and performance tuning"}
- {"name":"Distributed Systems Design","description":"Hands-on experience with event-driven and asynchronous architectures including message queues, pub-sub patterns, eventual consistency, and distributed transaction handling"}
- {"name":"Database Design & Optimization","description":"Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, indexing strategies, and data modeling for scale"}
- {"name":"System Observability & Debugging","description":"Proficiency with monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and debugging techniques to troubleshoot production issues in complex microservice environments"}
- {"name":"API Design & REST Principles","description":"Expertise designing scalable REST APIs with proper HTTP semantics, error handling, rate limiting, and developer experience considerations"}
- {"name":"Software Engineering Best Practices","description":"Deep understanding of SOLID principles, design patterns, testing strategies (unit, integration, end-to-end), and code review standards in a professional environment"}

### experience

- {"name":"5+ Years SaaS Backend Development","description":"Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience building and shipping production SaaS applications, preferably at scale with millions of users or high-volume transaction processing"}
- {"name":"Go Language Production Experience","description":"Substantial production experience with Go in backend services, with demonstrated mastery of goroutines, channels, the standard library, and Go-specific architectural patterns"}
- {"name":"Distributed Systems & Scale","description":"Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating distributed backend systems handling high throughput, low latency requirements, and mission-critical reliability standards"}
- {"name":"Cross-Functional Collaboration","description":"Demonstrated ability working effectively with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate requirements into technical implementations and drive project outcomes"}
- {"name":"Technical Influence & Leadership","description":"Track record of influencing technical direction, mentoring junior engineers, and raising team standards through code reviews and technical discussions"}

## Skills

### required

- {"name":"Go Programming Language","description":"Expert-level proficiency in Go with proven experience designing and implementing public APIs and distributed backend services in production SaaS environments"}
- {"name":"Distributed Systems Architecture","description":"Deep experience architecting and operating asynchronous, event-driven, and queue-based distributed systems at scale with understanding of scalability patterns and operational complexity"}
- {"name":"SaaS Backend Development","description":"5+ years of professional software development experience building and maintaining production-grade SaaS applications with focus on reliability, performance, and security"}
- {"name":"API Design & Development","description":"Strong capability in designing RESTful or asynchronous APIs, managing versioning strategies, and ensuring API reliability and developer experience"}
- {"name":"Cloud Architecture Patterns","description":"Experience with scalable backend patterns including notification systems, event streaming, asynchronous processing, and system design at enterprise scale"}
- {"name":"Technical Leadership & Communication","description":"Ability to operate autonomously, drive initiatives forward, influence technical direction across teams, and communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders including product and design"}
- {"name":"Code Quality & Security Mindset","description":"Demonstrated ability to evaluate code quality, architectural alignment, performance implications, and security best practices during reviews and technical design discussions"}
- {"name":"Product-Centric Development","description":"Strong product mindset with empathy for end users and administrators, ability to balance rapid iteration with long-term architectural health, and focus on measurable user and business outcomes"}

### preferred

- {"name":"Security-Focused Development","description":"Experience with security-centric architectural practices, threat modeling, secure software development lifecycle, and building systems that handle sensitive authentication and authorization data"}
- {"name":"Container Orchestration & Kubernetes","description":"Production experience with containerized microservices, Kubernetes deployments, service mesh patterns, and cloud-native operational practices at scale"}
- {"name":"Transactional Email Systems","description":"Experience architecting and operating large-scale email notification systems, including ESP integration, SMTP relay management (Amazon SES, SendGrid), deliverability optimization, and email infrastructure scaling"}
- {"name":"Event-Driven Architecture","description":"Proven experience with message brokers, event streaming platforms, and building reliable event-driven systems with exactly-once semantics and failure handling"}
- {"name":"Team Mentorship & Technical Leadership","description":"Track record of mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, conducting effective code reviews, and elevating team technical capabilities through collaborative problem-solving"}
- {"name":"Admin & Enterprise Workflows","description":"Experience building B2B administrative interfaces, user provisioning systems, policy enforcement engines, or compliance and audit workflows"}

## Tech stack

### tools

- {"name":"Kubernetes","description":"Container orchestration platform for deploying and managing distributed backend services at scale in production environments"}
- {"name":"Amazon SES / SendGrid","description":"Transactional email services for reliable, at-scale email delivery and notification infrastructure"}
- {"name":"Message Queues","description":"Event streaming and message queue systems (such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, AWS SQS) for asynchronous processing and event-driven workflows"}
- {"name":"Monitoring & Observability","description":"Distributed tracing, logging, and metrics platforms (such as Datadog, Prometheus, ELK) for system observability and debugging in production"}
- {"name":"Git / Version Control","description":"Git-based workflows for collaborative code management, code review, and continuous integration/deployment pipelines"}

### others

- {"name":"Docker","description":"Containerization platform for packaging services and ensuring consistency across development, testing, and production environments"}
- {"name":"CI/CD Pipelines","description":"Continuous integration and deployment automation for reliable, repeatable releases with automated testing and security scanning"}
- {"name":"GraphQL / Async APIs","description":"Modern API patterns for efficiently querying admin workflow data and supporting real-time notification subscriptions"}

### databases

- {"name":"PostgreSQL / SQL Databases","description":"Primary relational database for storing admin workflows, user data, audit logs, and transactional consistency"}
- {"name":"Non-Relational Databases","description":"Support for NoSQL or cache databases for specific use cases like event storage, time-series data, or performance optimization"}

### languages

- {"name":"Go","description":"Primary backend language for building distributed services, APIs, and admin workflow systems with focus on concurrency, performance, and operational reliability"}

### frameworks

- {"name":"API Frameworks","description":"REST API frameworks or libraries for Go backend development (such as Gin, Echo, or similar) for building scalable, well-structured HTTP services"}
- {"name":"Event-Driven Frameworks","description":"Message queue processing and event streaming frameworks for building asynchronous notification and workflow systems"}

## Benefits

### benefits

- {"name":"Competitive Health & Wellness Benefits","description":"Comprehensive health insurance, dental, and vision coverage with competitive premiums and inclusive coverage for employees and families"}
- {"name":"Retirement Savings & Matching","description":"401(k) program (US) or RRSP matching program (Canada) with employer contributions to support long-term financial planning and retirement security"}
- {"name":"Equity Participation Program","description":"RSU (Restricted Stock Unit) program providing ownership stake in 1Password's growth as a rapidly scaling enterprise security leader"}
- {"name":"Generous Paid Time Off","description":"Flexible PTO policy enabling work-life balance, personal wellness, and recovery time without arbitrary accrual caps or use-it-or-lose-it constraints"}
- {"name":"Parental Leave Support","description":"Enhanced maternity and parental leave top-up programs providing financial support and job protection during family transitions"}
- {"name":"Free 1Password Premium Access","description":"Complimentary 1Password account including premium features for employee and family use, enabling secure password management and identity protection"}
- {"name":"Paid Volunteer Days","description":"Annual paid time off dedicated to community volunteer work, supporting causes important to employees and strengthening community impact"}
- {"name":"Peer Recognition Program","description":"Bonusly peer-to-peer recognition platform enabling team members to celebrate achievements, provide appreciation, and reinforce positive behaviors"}
- {"name":"Remote-First Flexibility","description":"Work from anywhere policy supporting distributed teams across Canada and US with home office setup flexibility and collaboration tools"}
- {"name":"Professional Development & Learning","description":"Access to engineering tools, conference attendance, online learning platforms, and mentorship opportunities to support continuous skill development and career growth"}

## Compensation

- **max:** 214000
- **min:** 144000
- **currency:** CAD
- **stockOptions:** true

## Interview process

### steps

- {"name":"Application & Initial Screening","description":"Submit application through 1Password's careers portal. AI-assisted screening (with optional opt-out available) and human review of qualifications against Go expertise, SaaS backend experience, and distributed systems background"}
- {"name":"Technical Phone Screen","description":"Initial conversation with engineering hiring manager covering career trajectory, motivation for 1Password, backend architecture experience, and high-level technical depth assessment in Go and distributed systems"}
- {"name":"Coding Interview","description":"Technical interview assessing problem-solving approach, Go proficiency, systems thinking, and ability to communicate architectural decisions through collaborative coding or system design discussion"}
- {"name":"System Design Interview","description":"Deep dive into designing scalable notification systems, event-driven architectures, or similar backend infrastructure challenges demonstrating architectural thinking, trade-off analysis, and operational considerations"}
- {"name":"Team Collaboration & Values Interview","description":"Conversation with cross-functional team members from Product, Design, or Data to assess communication style, collaboration approach, product mindset, and alignment with 1Password culture of transparency and continuous improvement"}
- {"name":"Leadership & Mentorship Discussion","description":"Discussion with senior engineers covering mentorship philosophy, approach to code reviews, technical decision-making, influencing without authority, and examples of elevating team capabilities"}
- {"name":"Background Check & Offer","description":"Successful candidates proceed to background verification including employment history, reference checks, education confirmation, and criminal background screening per local law, followed by offer discussion and negotiations"}

## Full description
_**1Password is growing.** We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing._

**About 1Password**

_At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work._

_If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future._

We are seeking a **Senior** **Developer** to join our **Admin Workflows team**, focused on creating simple and intuitive workflows to assist B2B Administrators in setting up, managing and enforcing 1Password across their organization to achieve wall to wall adoption.

**How we’re using AI today**

Our Engineering, Product, and Design teams are thoughtfully integrating AI across the full software and product development lifecycle to move faster without sacrificing quality or security. In practice, that looks like engineers using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate reviews and catch bugs earlier, product managers synthesizing user research at scale, and designers rapidly prototyping and iterating with AI-generated mockups. We approach AI the same way we approach security: with clear principles, human accountability at every consequential decision point, and rigorous evaluation before anything ships to customers.

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.

**What we're looking for:**

* 5+ years of professional software development experience in a production SaaS environment.
* Strong proficiency in Go, including designing and building public APIs and distributed backend services.
* Ability to operate autonomously, drive initiatives forward, and influence technical direction across teams.
* Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a growth mindset and a bias toward continuous improvement.
* Experience designing and operating asynchronous, event-driven, or queue-based distributed systems at scale.
* Strong product mindset with empathy for customers and a focus on delivering high-quality user experiences.

**Bonus points for:**

* Security experience with understanding of security-focused development practices, threat modeling, and building systems that handle sensitive data
* Experience working with containerized services and Kubernetes in production environments.
* Experience working with transactional email systems at scale, including ESPs and SMTP relays such as Amazon SES and SendGrid.

**What you can expect:**

* Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable notification systems for administrators across email and integration channels.
* Partner closely with product, design, and data to refine hypotheses, define measurable outcomes, and interpret results.
* Balance rapid iteration with long-term architectural health and security.
* Set an example in code reviews by evaluating code quality, architectural alignment, performance, security, and adherence to best practices.
* Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical design discussions, and pairing.
* See your work directly influence measurable customer and business outcomes.

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $153,000 USD and $214,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $144,000 CAD and $202,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.  
  
At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.  
  
_This posting is for an existing vacancy._

  
**Our culture**   
At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first.   
  
You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, [_1Password is not for everyone_](https://blog.1password.com/inside-the-culture-powering-1passwords-next-chapter/). Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results.   
  
**How we work with AI**  
We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password.

This approach extends to our hiring process—candidates are welcome to use AI tools responsibly and thoughtfully during the application process.  
  
**Our approach to remote work**   
We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of almost all roles, and we require our employees to be ready and willing to take part. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events.  
  
**What we offer**  
We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer:   
  
_Health and wellbeing_  
👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs  
🩺 Competitive health benefits  
🏝 Generous PTO policy   
  
 _Growth and future_   
📈 RSU program for most employees  
💸 Retirement matching program  
🔑 Free 1Password account  
  
_Community_   
🤝 Paid volunteer days   
🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly  
🌎 Remote-first work environment  
_\*Some roles in our GTM team are currently being hired for in-person hybrid work in Toronto and Austin. These roles will specify on the posting._

**You belong here.**

_1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love._

_Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at nextbit@agilebits.com and we’ll work to meet your needs._

_Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you._

_Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law._

_1Password uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies, including natural language processing and predictive analytics, to assist in the initial screening of employment applications and improve our recruitment process. See_ [_here_](https://www.ashbyhq.com/downloadables/ashby-bias-audit-08-2024.pdf) _for the latest third party bias audit information. If you prefer not to have your application assessed using AI/ML features, you may opt out by completing_ [_this form_](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/1password/automation-notice)_. For additional information see our_ [_Candidate Privacy Notice_](https://1password.com/files/candidate-privacy-notice.pdf)_._