Senior Staff Software Engineer, Identity Platform
Core
Technical leader driving the architecture, scalability, and reliability of the foundational identity platform serving millions of users and enterprise customers.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Identity Platform)
Builds
Unified, secure identity platform enabling authentication, authorization, and session management for consumer and enterprise contexts.
Domain
Fintech / SaaS / Identity & Access Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Identity protocols (OAuth 2.x, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, SCIM), system architecture, security threat modeling, relational database design, observability, incident response, technical roadmap ownership, API/SDK design, mentorship.
Preferred skills
Commercial identity platforms (Descope, Auth0, Okta), enterprise and consumer identity contexts, advanced authorization models (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC), compliance (SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Technologies
OAuth 2.x, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, SCIM, Descope, Auth0, Okta, AWS, GCP, Azure, OPA, Cedar.
Responsibilities
Define and evolve end-to-end identity architecture; establish trust boundaries and integration contracts; make build-vs-integrate decisions for vendor vs. in-house systems; design self-service enterprise identity onboarding; architect federation and provisioning patterns; own consumer identity lifecycle including account continuity and trust scoring; build identity resolution capabilities; own the identity platform technical roadmap; set integration standards and publish APIs/SDKs; mentor engineers; contribute to system reliability through on-call and incident response.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with significant leadership and architectural responsibility.