Software Engineer (Privileged Access Management - PAM)

Bitwarden is the trusted identity security leader for millions of users worldwide, empowering enterprises, developers, and individuals to securely manage and share sensitive information anywhere. Bitwarden makes it easy for all users to extend robust security across their devices with password management, secrets management, and passwordless and passkey innovations. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with team members located across the globe. Learn more at bitwarden.com. 

THE ROLE

As a Software Engineer on Bitwarden's Privileged Access Management (PAM), you will contribute to the design and development of the application stack that lets developers, DevOps, and cybersecurity teams alike centrally store, manage, and deploy sensitive credentials. You'll build upon the core concepts of secrets, projects, machine accounts, and access tokens across the product suite.

This role is for an engineer early in their career who wants to develop deep expertise across a breadth of languages/frameworks. You will start with well-scoped work and grow into larger, more independent ownership, with senior engineers alongside you on design, review, and the parts of the system that take time to learn.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Feature Delivery: Build well-scoped parts of features across the API, the web client, and the SDK. Take on larger and more independent pieces as you grow into the codebase.
• Learning the Security Model: Work inside a zero-knowledge architecture and learn why it is built the way it is. Where a secret gets encrypted, what the server is allowed to see, and how a machine account proves who it is. Asking questions here is the job, not an interruption to it.
• Automated Quality: Write tests alongside your code, and help maintain the automated suites and CI/CD pipelines that keep the team shipping safely.
• Code Review: Take part in pull request review. Act on the feedback you receive, and read your teammates' changes as one of the fastest ways to learn a large codebase.
• Operational Support: Help keep services healthy in production. 
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and your fellow engineers to understand what you are building and why, and raise questions and risks early.
• Documentation: Keep internal architecture notes, API contracts, and public open source developer documentation accurate as you work on the code they describe.
• AI-Assisted Development: Use AI coding assistants effectively, and understand every line you ship. Generated code gets reviewed as carefully as your own.

WHAT YOU BRING TO BITWARDEN

• Overall Experience: 2+ years as a Software Engineer paired with AI assisted development practices
• Technical Stack - Experience 
  • C# and .NET
  • TypeScript and Angular
  • Rust
  • You should be genuinely capable enough to work independently on a well-scoped task:
• Technical Stack - Familiarity
  • Relational databases and SQL, and ideally an ORM such as Entity Framework Core
  • HTTP and REST API design
  • Git, code review workflows, and CI/CD
  • Automated testing across unit and integration layers

Technical Stack - Exposure 

• You will pick these up here. Prior exposure is welcome, not required:
• Tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions
• Containerized environments such as Kubernetes
• Writing, consuming, and using SDKs / APIs
• WASM instruction format

• Growth Mindset: You seek out feedback and act on it, you say when you are stuck rather than quietly staying stuck, and you are honest about what you do not know yet.
• Collaborative Spirit: A highly collaborative and adaptable mindset, excited to work in rapid, outcome-driven feedback loops with a globally distributed team.
• Open Source Passion: Excitement and enthusiasm for open source, developer advocacy, and building a more secure internet.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills, valuing written, clear documentation and using data to make technical decisions.

WHY JOIN US

• Our user community loves us and we love them. Come to work each day with a sense of purpose as we bring a more secure internet experience to everyone from our friends and family to the world’s largest organizations.
• Become an expert. You’ll get immersed in the prominent technology markets of security and open source software.
• We are dedicated to building a diverse and talented team. Work remotely with motivated and supportive team members across the world.
• Learn and grow. Take on new challenges with the support of your team, and join our #growth-club to continue personal and professional development. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make employment decisions based on skills, experience, qualifications, and business needs.

If you enjoy being hands-on, solving hard engineering problems, and having a genuine influence on how products are built, we'd love to hear from you.