Sr Director, Software Engineering AuthE
Core
Define and lead engineering strategy for mission-critical, high-volume customer authentication platforms and serve as a firmwide senior technology advisor on IAM strategy.
Role type
Sr Director, Software Engineering (Authentication & IAM)
Builds
Enterprise authentication platforms, IAM strategy, and agentic AI-enabled engineering operating models.
Domain
Financial Services / Identity & Access Management
Required skills
Enterprise architecture leadership, hands-on Java backend engineering, technical program execution, cross-functional leadership, people leadership, agentic AI engineering strategy, security and resiliency design
Preferred skills
IAM and customer authentication expertise (OIDC/OAuth2, SAML2, FIDO2/WebAuthn), executive communication
Technologies
Java, Cloud, IAM, Agentic AI, Backend
Responsibilities
Define and lead engineering strategy for customer authentication platforms; provide enterprise-level technical leadership and architectural governance; own and evolve full-stack architecture across application, data, and infrastructure layers; review and validate solution designs for security, scalability, and performance; drive execution across multiple concurrent enterprise initiatives; make decisions affecting resourcing, budgets, and processes; partner with Product, Operations, Risk, and Lines of Business; lead and mentor globally distributed senior engineering teams; set and scale multi-department strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering and automation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
