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🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
Skills: Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, MySQL, MongoDB
Seoul, South Korea · Hybrid
🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
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Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Hybrid
🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
Skills: Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, MySQL, MongoDB
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🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
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Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Hybrid
🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
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Paris, Ile-de-France, France · Hybrid
🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
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🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
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Paris, Ile-de-France, France · Hybrid
🌍 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 We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or…
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Design and develop the core backend systems and high-availability infrastructure for the hConnect global authentication platform. Integrate with national electronic ID systems and build scalable APIs to support global identity verification.
Requires at least 2 years of backend development experience with strong fundamentals in Node.js and TypeScript. Candidates should possess proactive problem-solving skills and a deep technical curiosity regarding authentication protocols and scalable architectures.
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.
Global DNA: Work with exceptional peers across Seoul, Paris, and San Francisco
High Impact: Build technology shaping the global trust and identity landscape
Ownership Culture: No micromanagement — full trust, full accountability
Elite Standards: Work fast, learn fast, and grow with world-class peers
Inclusive & Respectful: 10+ nationalities, diverse perspectives, one vision
Growth Mindset: Access mentorship, leadership visibility, and continuous learning
🎯 What You Will Do
As a Software Engineer, your code will form the foundation that protects and connects the digital identity of users around the world.
Design and Develop Global Authentication Platform: Build and maintain the core backend systems and high-availability infrastructure of the hConnect platform.
Integrate with Diverse Identity Systems: Develop and extend modules that integrate with national electronic ID (eID) systems and external identity services worldwide.
Build Scalable Systems: Ensure stability while progressively improving systems to handle future traffic growth and feature expansion.
Design Flexible and Scalable APIs: Develop and maintain reliable APIs that enable seamless integration with internal services and external partners.
Foster a Strong Code Culture: Collaborate with teammates through code reviews, write clean and maintainable code, and help establish a culture of engineering excellence.
We value skills and potential over a simple list of technologies. We are looking for someone with the following capabilities:
Proactive Problem-Solving: Ability to go beyond assigned tasks, understand business goals, propose better solutions, and drive improvements independently.
Navigating Ambiguity: Comfortable finding the best path forward in undefined situations and collaborating with teammates to define solutions.
Deep Technical Curiosity: Goes beyond simply using frameworks; explores how technologies work at their core and makes them their own.
Transparent Communication and Collaboration: Shares progress and blockers openly with the team, listens actively to peers, and works toward better outcomes together.
Strong Fundamentals: Solid understanding of Node.js and TypeScript, with at least 2 years of backend development experience.
Depth in Specific Technologies: Strong CS fundamentals and hands-on mastery of at least one technology.
Authentication Protocol Experience: Practical experience with OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Access Token flows.
0-to-1 Product Experience: Built early-stage products and learned from scaling them to meet business goals.
Understanding of Client Environments: Especially experience addressing compatibility challenges across browsers and mobile platforms.
Commitment to Code Quality: Experience with test automation and efforts to continuously improve code quality.
Large-Scale Traffic Handling: Designing and operating architectures that support high-volume traffic.
Language: Node.js, TypeScript
Framework: Nest.js
Database: MySQL, MongoDB
API: RESTful APIs, WebSocket, GraphQL, OAuth2/OIDC
DevOps & Container: Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline
Cloud & Monitoring: AWS, GCP, AWS CloudWatch
Collaboration: Slack, Notion, Figma
💰 $6.5M+ 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
Unlimited PTO
Remote-friendly work model
Real ownership from Day 1
High-impact, global product
Multicultural, respectful team
Recruiter Intro Call (30 min) – Get to know Hopae
Functional or Technical Interview (45 min) – Dive into your skills
Culture Fit Conversation (45 min) – Collaboration & alignment
Offer 🎉
Note: The process may vary slightly depending on the role.
The Global eID Acceptance network
Hopae is the eID orchestration platform powering the shift from document verification to digital identity. Through a single API, Hopae gives identity verification providers and regulated businesses instant access to government eIDs and digital wallets worldwide — turning what used to take months of legal, technical, and compliance work into an integration that goes live in days. As regulations like eIDAS 2.0 accelerate the global rollout of digital credentials, Hopae has become the leading platform for global eID and wallet coverage, trusted by top identity verification providers to onboard customers faster and stay ahead of compliance. Our team has been at the frontier of this industry for years — including building the digital identity infrastructure behind South Korea's COVID-19 vaccination credentials, used by 43 million people. We're building the trust infrastructure for a world where every credential — from your eID to your boarding pass — moves seamlessly and securely. This is the new standard for digital identity.
Offices: Luxembourg, LU
The Global eID Acceptance network
Hopae is the eID orchestration platform powering the shift from document verification to digital identity. Through a single API, Hopae gives identity verification providers and regulated businesses instant access to government eIDs and digital wallets worldwide — turning what used to take months of legal, technical, and compliance work into an integration that goes live in days. As regulations like eIDAS 2.0 accelerate the global rollout of digital credentials, Hopae has become the leading platform for global eID and wallet coverage, trusted by top identity verification providers to onboard customers faster and stay ahead of compliance. Our team has been at the frontier of this industry for years — including building the digital identity infrastructure behind South Korea's COVID-19 vaccination credentials, used by 43 million people. We're building the trust infrastructure for a world where every credential — from your eID to your boarding pass — moves seamlessly and securely. This is the new standard for digital identity.
Offices: Luxembourg, LU
