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Senior Staff Backend Engineer (IAM)

USARemoteFull-time2026-09-30 → 2026-10-02

Core

Lead and grow a backend engineering team to design and build scalable cloud-based identity and access management systems for AI workloads.

Role type

Senior Staff Backend Engineer (IAM)

Builds

Cloud-based identity systems, secure service-to-service authentication, and authorization policy engines.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Identity & Access Management

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Backend development (Java/Python), REST API design, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, RBAC/ABAC, Distributed system security, Cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes

Preferred skills

PKI, Certificate lifecycle management, OPA, Large-scale distributed systems

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a backend engineering team, Design and build scalable cloud-based identity systems, Implement OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, RBAC/ABAC models, Drive technical design and delivery of complex distributed systems, Ensure identity-system reliability, scalability, and security, Mentor engineers and foster an ownership-focused culture (via careerplan.io/jobs/22245-senior-staff-backend-engineer-iam-at-coupang)