Software Engineer - hConnect
Hopae is a digital identity company providing a platform for businesses to securely and seamlessly verify and onboard customers. Their solutions, which include an API (hConnect) and an SDK for building EUDI-compliant wallets, focus on eliminating fraud, ensuring data privacy, and meeting global compliance standards. The company is building a trusted, decentralized identity platform with a focus on user control, privacy, and security, and has a diverse, global team with offices in Paris, San Francisco, and Seoul.
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About Hopae Inc.
Hopae is a digital identity company that provides solutions for businesses to securely and efficiently verify and onboard customers, aiming to eliminate the need for physical documents. Their platform is designed to boost trust and reduce friction by offering features like simplified global compliance (e.g., EUDI, GDPR), fraud prevention with tamper-proof credentials, and enhanced user privacy by sharing only necessary data. Key products include the hConnect API for integrating secure eID login and an SDK for building EUDI-compliant digital wallets. These tools support various credentials, including Mobile Driver's Licenses, National IDs, and corporate IDs. Hopae is actively engaged in the identity technology community, participating in industry events and sharing insights through reports and guides. The company has a global presence with offices in Paris, San Francisco, and Seoul.
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About the Role
You'll help build the foundation that protects and connects digital identities around the world. You will design and maintain the core backend systems and high-availability infrastructure of the hConnect platform, and you'll develop and extend modules that integrate with national electronic ID systems and external identity services worldwide. You'll ensure system stability while progressively improving performance to handle future traffic growth, and you'll design and maintain flexible, reliable APIs that connect internal services with external partners. You'll also collaborate closely with your teammates through code reviews, writing clean and maintainable code, and helping foster a strong culture of engineering excellence.
Requirements
- Ability to go beyond assigned tasks, understand business goals, and drive improvements independently
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and undefined situations
- Deep technical curiosity about how technologies work at their core
- Transparent communication and collaboration with the team
- Solid understanding of Node.js and TypeScript with at least 2 years of backend development experience
- Strong CS fundamentals and hands-on mastery of at least one technology (preferred)
- Practical experience with OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Access Token flows (preferred)
- 0-to-1 product experience building and scaling early-stage products (preferred)
- Understanding of client environment compatibility across browsers and mobile platforms (preferred)
- Experience with test automation and code quality improvement (preferred)
- Experience designing and operating architectures for large-scale traffic (preferred)
- API Gateway / PaaS / SaaS development experience (preferred)
- Experience with Docker, RabbitMQ/Kafka, and cloud environments such as AWS/GCP (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain core backend systems and high-availability infrastructure for the hConnect platform
- Develop and extend modules that integrate with national electronic ID (eID) systems and external identity services
- Ensure system stability while improving scalability for future traffic growth and feature expansion
- Design and maintain flexible and scalable APIs for internal and external integrations
- Collaborate through code reviews and maintain clean, maintainable code
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote-friendly work model