CareerPlan

Principal Platform Software Engineer

USAFull-time$105k–$235k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead the architecture, design, development, and operation of secure, highly available IAM services and Tier-0 systems for AI agents, machine identities, and users.

Role type

Principal Platform Software Engineer (IAM/Identity)

Builds

Secure, highly available IAM services and identity capabilities for AI agents and machine identities

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Java, Go, C++, Python, distributed systems, concurrency, fault tolerance, high-availability architectures, microservices, cloud architectures, automated testing, service operations, authentication, authorization, application security, secure software development, troubleshooting complex production systems, reliability engineering, FedRAMP, PCI DSS

Preferred skills

OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP, observability, SLOs, distributed tracing, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, JWT, applied cryptography, identity models for AI agents, machine identities, delegation, agentic systems, technical leadership, architectural decision-making, mentoring engineers

Technologies

Java, Go, C++, Python, OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, JWT

Responsibilities

Lead architecture and design of IAM services; Drive reliability, availability, scalability, and disaster recovery for Tier-0 systems; Define technical direction for identity capabilities; Diagnose complex production issues; Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership