Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management
Core
Set technical direction for the Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform, including fine-grained authorization, SSO, identity federation, and secrets management for AI cloud workloads.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Security/IAM)
Builds
AI-first cloud platform security infrastructure
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / AI Compute / Cybersecurity
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Go, distributed systems, identity & authorization (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, JWT), RBAC/ABAC, threat modeling, SLO definition, incident response, technical leadership, mentorship
Preferred skills
Policy-as-code (OPA, Cedar, SpiceDB), agentic-AI identity, GPU/AI cloud infrastructure, FedRAMP compliance
Technologies
Go, OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, JWT, SCIM, OPA, Cedar, SpiceDB, OpenFGA
Responsibilities
Own multi-quarter IAM architecture and direction; Define platform-wide identity and authorization standards; Drive build-vs-buy decisions for core IAM technologies; Solve high-risk scaling and multi-tenancy problems; Write and review code on critical paths; Lead cross-team technical alignment via RFCs; Champion security at scale through threat modeling; Mentor senior and mid-level engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
