Better Auth Hiring Staff Engineer for Open-Source Authentication Framework
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Summary
Better Auth, an open-source authentication framework startup, is hiring a Staff Engineer. The company, founded by a self-taught Ethiopian developer, recently raised $5M from Peak XV and Y Combinator and became the most upvoted YC Launch in history. The role involves building features across backend and frontend with TypeScript, React, and Node, owning projects end-to-end, and helping shape the company's early culture. The position offers $140k-$180k USD compensation with generous equity and is fully remote.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWe're a tiny group of engineers on a mission to democratize high-quality authentication and make auth something every developer can truly own.
Our open-source framework is already one of the fastest-growing auth solutions in the world. It's trusted by thousands of developers and is rapidly adopted by startups and YC companies alike.
You'll enjoy high ownership and join a team that's still early but already making a huge impact. You'll work deeply on developer experience and thrive in a collaborative, low-ego environment.
This is a very early team. You're not joining an existing culture - you'll be helping define it. We value agentic people who take initiative, push ideas forward, and shape the future rather than wait for direction.
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