Senior Staff Software Engineer – Identity & Access Management Platform

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Platform based in the United States.

This is a senior technical leadership role focused on defining and evolving a large-scale Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform that underpins authentication, authorization, and identity governance across multiple products and services. You will operate at the intersection of architecture, security, and platform engineering, building foundational identity services that support customers, partners, employees, APIs, and machine identities. The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems and modern identity protocols, combined with the ability to influence engineering strategy across multiple teams. You will lead design decisions for secure, scalable, multi-tenant identity architectures and drive platform adoption across the organization. Working closely with security, compliance, and product stakeholders, you will ensure identity systems meet enterprise-grade governance requirements. This is a high-impact role where your work directly shapes the security and scalability of the entire ecosystem.

Accountabilities

• Define the architecture, technical direction, and long-term evolution of the IAM platform across multiple products and engineering teams
• Lead the design and implementation of authentication, authorization, identity governance, and access control systems at scale
• Build and maintain core IAM services, APIs, and integrations supporting both human and machine identities
• Drive platform adoption, migration strategies, and standardization across engineering organizations
• Design and implement secure identity models including RBAC, ABAC, multi-tenant architectures, and delegated administration
• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Product teams to ensure regulatory, governance, and enterprise security requirements are met
• Lead technical design reviews and provide architectural guidance for identity-related initiatives
• Mentor engineers and help define engineering standards for identity and platform development

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems or large-scale platform services
• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing IAM solutions, including authentication and authorization systems
• Deep knowledge of identity protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT, SSO, and MFA
• Experience with enterprise IAM platforms such as Okta, Auth0, Keycloak, Zitadel, Authentik, or Ping Identity
• Strong expertise in building secure, scalable cloud or SaaS-based architectures
• Experience with multi-tenant systems, policy-based authorization, and identity governance models
• Familiarity with identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, or Active Directory
• Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or NIST is highly valued
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with platform modernization or large-scale migration initiatives is a strong plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package aligned with senior-level engineering roles
• Remote-first flexibility within the United States
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Opportunities to work on large-scale, mission-critical identity platforms
• Career growth in a high-performance, fast-scaling engineering environment
• Exposure to modern cloud, security, and identity technologies
• Collaborative engineering culture with strong focus on innovation and ownership
• Equal opportunity workplace with inclusive hiring practices

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