Senior Software Engineer

🌍 About Hopae At Hopae, we're building the world's most trusted digital identity platform — private, secure, and built for real life. We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or centralized gatekeepers. Our product, Hopae Connect, lets businesses verify real people across borders through a single API — no need to build country-by-country integrations themselves. Our technology powers instant, privacy-first verification across fintech, credentials, supply chain, and gaming — for IDV providers, e-signature platforms, and enterprises who need identity to just work, everywhere. Backed by top global investors, Hopae operates across Seoul, Paris, Luxembourg, and San Francisco, bringing together exceptional talent from over 10 nationalities. We move fast, think globally, and build products that define the future of identity. 💡 Why You’ll Love It Here Global DNA: Work with exceptional peers across Seoul, Paris, and San FranciscoHigh Impact: Build technology shaping the global trust and identity landscapeOwnership Culture: No micromanagement — full trust, full accountabilityElite Standards: Work fast, learn fast, and grow with world-class peersInclusive & Respectful: 10+ nationalities, diverse perspectives, one visionGrowth Mindset: Access mentorship, leadership visibility, and continuous learning 🎯 What You'll Do Hopae connects businesses to government eIDs and identity systems worldwide through a single platform — across fintech, credentials, supply chain, and gaming. As a Senior Software Engineer at Hopae, you own real problems end to end, across the full stack, in a team where the mission moves fast and the scope is broad by design. This is not a role where you pick a lane and stay in it. You'll work across backend, integrations, infrastructure, and tooling — whatever the product needs. If you thrive in environments where ownership is total and the work is never the same twice, this is for you. Build and scale the core verification platform — API architecture, verification lifecycle, async processing, event delivery, and production reliabilityConnect and operate external identity providers — building adapters, normalization layers, health monitoring, and the tooling that makes adding the next provider faster than the lastBuild the infrastructure that takes integrated capabilities to proven in production — developer tooling, E2E test infrastructure, reference environments, and go-live systemsOwn quality end to end — you write the tests, you monitor production, you fix what breaksInvestigate failures independently, identify root causes, and fix the system rather than the symptomLead projects and technical initiatives — define the approach, align the team, and drive execution through to productionMentor junior engineers — through code reviews, pair programming, and direct feedback that raises the bar for everyoneParticipate in the hiring process — interview candidates and help shape the engineering team we're buildingWork directly with Product, partners, and customers when solving a problem requires it — you're not behind a ticket queue 🧠 Who You Are 2–4 years of software engineering experience — what matters is what you've personally owned and operatedStrong backend fundamentals — comfortable with APIs, distributed systems, async processing, and production reliability; our stack is TypeScript / JavaScriptFull stack in practice — you go where the problem is, whether that's backend, infrastructure, tooling, or frontend when neededYou own quality: testing, observability, and operational readiness are part of how you work, not someone else's jobHigh ownership, low ego — you drive ambiguous problems to resolution without waiting to be told exactly what to doThrives in a fast-moving environment where the scope is broad and the mission evolvesBased in Seoul; comfortable working in a global, multicultural, English-first environment ⚡️ Fast Facts 💰 $13.5M+ raised from top global investors📦 2.6M+ downloads of our sd-jwt-js library🌍 10+ nationalities across 3 hubs🔬 82 eID research projects completed🌐 3 projects accepted into the OpenWallet Foundation 🎁 Benefits & Culture Unlimited PTORemote-friendly work modelReal ownership from Day 1High-impact, global productMulticultural, respectful team 🧭 Interview Process Recruiter Intro Call (30 min) – Get to know HopaeFunctional or Technical Interview (45 min) – Dive into your skillsCulture Fit Conversation (45 min) – Collaboration & alignmentOffer 🎉Note: The process may vary slightly depending on the role.