Senior Software Engineer (PAM)

Overview

Lead the design and development of Bitwarden's next-generation Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform, owning gateway services, terminal access protocols, and auditing/enforcement as a T-shaped engineer on a True Ownership model.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate secure, performant gateway controls, audited terminal logins, and session recording mechanics for the PAM product line.
• Maintain strict service boundaries and design resilient APIs so the PAM platform operates as an independent, decoupled tenant on core platform infrastructure.
• Partner in a co-located, cross-functional Embedded Trio (Product, Design, Engineering) to design and validate technical solutions before code implementation.
• Build and maintain automated test suites, integration harnesses, and CI/CD pipelines for your team's services.
• Own the operational health, performance, and reliability telemetry of your services in production, participating in sustainable on-call rotations and postmortem analyses.
• Build and maintain internal architecture specifications, API contracts, and external open-source developer documentation.

What you'll need

• 8+ years as a Lead Software Engineer with team lead experience, paired with AI-assisted development practices.
• Experience leading a team's technical direction, mentoring senior engineers, and being accountable for outcomes you did not implement yourself.
• Experience with JEST or any other unit testing framework.
• Strong proficiency and experience in AI-led development in C# / .NET, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Practical experience designing or implementing secure gateway architectures, reverse proxies, and session proxying (SSH, RDP, or HTTPS).
• Understanding of Identity and Access Management, key-rotation protocols, and real-time audit logging systems.
• Practical experience with containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes), automated test frameworks (unit, integration, and end-to-end), and SRE/observability tools (APM, alerting, telemetry dashboards).
• Familiarity with zero-trust and zero-knowledge security architectures, encryption standards, and threat-modeling methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, valuing written, clear documentation and using data to make technical decisions.
• A highly collaborative and adaptable mindset, comfortable in rapid, outcome-driven feedback loops.

Nice to have

• Excitement and enthusiasm for open source, developer advocacy, and building a more secure internet.

Details

• Location: Delhi, India.