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Senior Staff Software Engineer

Mountain ViewFull-time$279k–$341k2026-11-09
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Architect and evolve the Identity & Trust platform enabling secure access, customer onboarding, and fraud prevention across consumer and enterprise ecosystems.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Platform/Infrastructure)

Builds

Foundational identity, authentication, authorization, and trust capabilities consumed company-wide

Domain

Fintech / Identity & Security / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Identity & Trust protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML), Security & Privacy engineering, AI/Agentic workflows, Microservices & Event-driven design, Cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Kafka), Mentoring & Technical Strategy

Preferred skills

KYC/Fraud systems, PII tokenization, User entity resolution, AI-assisted engineering

Technologies

Java, C#, Go, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kubernetes, Kafka, DynamoDB, MySQL, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, RBAC/ABAC

Responsibilities

Define multi-year platform strategy and architecture, Lead high-impact technical initiatives across teams, Build secure resilient distributed systems, Evolve identity capabilities (KYC, MFA, federation), Create organizational leverage via reusable patterns, Drive operational excellence (SLOs, incident response), Advance AI-powered engineering workflows, Multiply engineering talent through mentorship

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with organizational scale