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Engineering Manager - Authentication & Authorisation

London🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-07

Core

Lead strategy and delivery for Pleo's Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform, managing migration from legacy SMB services to a new Enterprise architecture.

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager (Authentication & Authorisation)

Builds

Secure, scalable identity and authentication systems for SMB and Enterprise customers

Domain

Fintech / Business Spend Management / Identity & Access Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Engineering management, authentication/authorisation domain expertise (OAuth, SAML, OIDC), identity platform experience (Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Stytch), architectural credibility, stakeholder management, team scaling (via careerplan.io/jobs/0eac4a7a-c550-44b1-bde3-f27e48c34812-engineering-manager-authentication-authorisation-at-pleo)

Preferred skills

Software architect or staff engineer background, security/compliance domain experience

Technologies

OAuth, SAML, OIDC, Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Stytch

Responsibilities

Define and execute migration strategy between legacy SMB and Enterprise auth architectures, lead a team of 6-10 engineers, partner with Product/Security/Compliance teams, guide technical trade-offs, improve operational excellence

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership