Principal Software Engineer - Veza
Core
Architect and own the identity model for workloads and AI agents, defining ephemeral authentication, runtime authorization, and identity standards for non-human identities.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Identity & Security Architecture)
Builds
Identity architecture for the Agent Security roadmap, including Runtime Authorization, Access Policy Engine, and AgentID with short-lived credentials.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), AI Agent Security
Required skills
Workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE), ephemeral credential design, OAuth 2.x/OIDC, authorization models (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC), policy engines (OPA/Cedar), Python/Go, security product compliance (SOC 2/FedRAMP), AI/agent system evaluation
Preferred skills
Platform integration experience, graph databases, event-sourced storage, identity standards/RFCs, credential broker operations
Technologies
SPIFFE/SPIRE, OPA, Cedar, Python, Go, ServiceNow
Responsibilities
Define identity contracts for graph and integrations, architect ephemeral authentication flows, represent identity architecture to customers and standards bodies, mentor engineers
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
