Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Identity and access management sits under almost every modern SaaS product, and this Software Engineer role is positioned inside that layer. Ory operates both an open source ecosystem and a hosted network, making the work inherently tied to how SaaS companies package infrastructure-grade capabilities into reliable services. The focus on authentication, authorization, and standards-based IAM places the role in a category where correctness and trust are core product attributes.
From a SaaS career perspective, the remit spans the full service lifecycle: building, testing, running, automating, and documenting. That combination maps closely to how cloud software is delivered at scale, and it develops judgment around operational readiness, security practices, and customer-impacting reliability. Experience with Kubernetes and cloud provider tooling also transfers cleanly across SaaS companies that run multi-tenant platforms or ship developer-facing services.
This role tends to suit engineers who prefer ownership across design through production, and who are comfortable translating ambiguous problems into technical designs. It is a strong match for professionals who enjoy systems work, pragmatic security engineering, and collaborating across teams on cross-application challenges. The seniority signal is clear, with the listing oriented toward engineers who can lead end-to-end problem solving and participate in on-call responsibility.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Software Engineer
Remote (Central Europe)
Full-time
Permanent employee
About Ory
With more than 30,000 members, Ory is the leading open-source identity management, authentication, and authorization ecosystem and community in the world. Ory provides a modern and modular approach to IAM programs that scales, provides unmatched UX and deployment flexibility supporting enterprise deployments across the world. Founded in 2019, Ory promotes an open, diverse, agile, and collaborative working culture.
About this Role
This role is responsible to design, engineer, test, run, automate, and document Ory services in both closed and open source work.
Key Tasks and Deliverables
Design, implement and maintain production code for Ory Network and Ory Open Source, that is well tested, follows security best practises and easy-to-use.
Implement Identity and Access Management industry standards.
Implement proof of concepts for products and features.
Write documentation (internal & external) for built features.
Collaborate with other teams on cross-platform and cross-application technical challenges.
Contribute to our Open Source projects and our team's Software Development Life Cycle
Devise innovative ideas for solving Ory Network customer problems and translate these ideas into technical designs.
Provide technical leadership and solve end-to-end problems, for instance, software design, efficient implementation, and product offering.
Participate in on-call rotations (shifts)
Minimum Requirements
5+ years of professional software development experience.
Experience with Go programming language(must have). Experience with other programming languages such as Java, C/C++, C#, Rust, Kotlin, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript are considered are also welcome.
Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems.
Experience working with Kubernetes and Cloud Provider products.
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
Previous experience in Identity and Access Management field is a plus.
Mindset
Will - a desire to excel, act with courage, persevere, learn and innovate
Cultural fit - align with Ory’s core values (think big - move fast, passion & excellence, innovation, customer centricity, respect)
Results-oriented - deliver on our KPIs / desired outcomes
