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Staff Security Software Engineer, IAM

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $231,000–$231,000🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define and drive technical strategy for identity and access management, including authentication, authorization, and privileged access for both human and AI agents.

Role type

Staff Security Software Engineer (IAM)

Builds

Enterprise-grade identity platforms, authentication experiences, and authorization systems for customers and internal systems.

Domain

Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Identity and access engineering, authentication, federation, authorization, entitlement modeling, privileged access, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, AI-assisted development, agentic workflows

Preferred skills

SCIM, OpenID Connect, SAML, policy engines (OPA, Cedar), Zanzibar-style authorization, hardware-backed credentials, identity governance, privileged access management, regulated environments (FedRAMP)

Technologies

Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Open Policy Agent, Cedar

Responsibilities

Define multi-year technical strategy for identity and access; design and build complex identity systems from greenfield; lead cross-functional initiatives for access at scale; extend identity model to non-human and agentic identities; serve as technical authority for identity architecture.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical direction

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