
Authorization is a challenge for everyone, but has been solved by no one. Oso is authorization as a service. It provides abstractions for building and iterating on authorization in your application.

Authorization is a challenge for everyone, but has been solved by no one. Oso is authorization as a service. It provides abstractions for building and iterating on authorization in your application.
What they do: Authorization-as-a-service: policy engine (Polar) plus Oso Cloud for fine-grained app and agent authorization
Founded: 2019
Founders / leadership: Graham Neray (Co-founder, CEO) and Sam Scott (Co-founder, CTO)
Employees: Approximately 84
Total funding: $10.9M (reported) / $10,943,999 (company snapshot)
| Company |
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Application and agent authorization (RBAC/ReBAC/ABAC/least-privilege enforcement)
2019
Software Development
$2.7M
Seed round reported in 2019
$8.2M
Series A led by Sequoia
$15M
Company referenced a $15M Series A-1
“Sequoia Capital and Felicis named among lead/backing investors; other investors reported include Harpoon Ventures, Highland, SV Angel and multiple angel/infrastructure founders”
Old problem, new $25B+ market Companies like AWS, Stripe, and Twilio have shown that if a technology isn't core to your value proposition, you should offload it. Still, every engineering team builds and rebuilds one piece: authorization , how you control who has access to what in your app. We intend to change that.
We see a world where developers never roll their own authorization again, and instead say, "Just use Oso" – the same way you might say, "Oh, you should just use Postgres for that." In doing so, we're creating the $25B+ authorization market.
Why Oso?
We have the lead – in traction, capital, and team.
Why now?
We're at an inflection point. What it takes to get from where we are today to a world where developers say “Just use Oso” is going to be different. And we see that.
The opportunity is for you to join at this inflection point, in a role that’s bigger and different than usual.
What you'll do
Plus, help build a company and community from the ground up by wearing other hats, including:
Here are examples of things we've worked on:
Who you are
Requirements
Benefits In addition to cash compensation, Oso offers a Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more:
The starting salary for this role is between $140,000-$220,000/year plus equity. Your exact offer will vary based on a number of factors including experience level, skillset, market location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.
A note on titles: We have no titles on our engineering team. Everyone is an Engineer. Compensation is commensurate with contribution. For more background, read this blog post.
Oso is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.