Qualifications
Expertise in defining and evolving end-to-end identity architecture covering authentication, authorization, session management, and token lifecycle across both consumer and enterprise environments.
Experience in establishing trust boundaries, integration contracts, and platform primitives that default to secure paths for teams utilizing identity services.
Ability to make informed build-vs-integrate decisions between external vendors (such as Descope, Auth0, Okta) and internal systems, taking ownership of trade-offs and migration strategies.
Proven skills in designing self-service enterprise identity onboarding processes (SSO, SCIM provisioning, multi-tenant trust) to streamline partnerships without bespoke integration.
Experience architecting federation and provisioning patterns to support GoFundMe’s expanding enterprise and nonprofit collaborations.
Ownership of the consumer identity lifecycle, including aspects such as account continuity, progressive trust, confidence scoring, and transitions from anonymous to authenticated states.
Development of identity resolution capabilities (visitor stitching, account linking, confidence-weighted models) to enhance personalization and prevent fraud.
Management of the technical roadmap for the identity platform, prioritizing initiatives that advance our core objectives.
About the job
Join us in making a difference!
GoFundMe is the leading platform for community-driven fundraising, dedicated to empowering individuals and nonprofits to support one another. Since its inception in 2010, our community has successfully raised over $40 billion, making a significant impact on countless lives.
We are currently looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer for our Identity Platform. In this pivotal role, you will be the technical authority responsible for the architecture, scalability, and reliability of our identity platform—the cornerstone on which all product teams, enterprise customers, and internal services rely. Your contributions will directly influence how millions of users engage with GoFundMe and how engineering teams develop identity-dependent functionalities confidently.
As a vital technical leader, you will have the opportunity to shape the convergence of consumer and enterprise identity into a cohesive, secure platform, ensuring significant impact for the organization, our engineering teams, and the individuals we serve. If you are passionate about tackling substantial systems problems comprehensively while enhancing trust, personalization, and supporting vital causes, we want to hear from you!
This is a hybrid role requiring three days per week in our office. We are only able to consider candidates located in or willing to relocate to San Francisco, CA.
About GoFundMe
GoFundMe stands as a beacon of hope and support, connecting individuals and nonprofits in a single, secure platform. With a commitment to facilitating positive outcomes, we empower our community to raise funds and support causes that matter most, having raised over $40 billion since 2010.
