Principal Software Engineer (IAM)

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise IAM and CIAM solutions.
• Serve as the technical authority for authentication, authorization, federation, and identity lifecycle management.
• Design and operate secure, scalable, resilient identity services supporting customer-facing SaaS applications and multiple engineering teams.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership across cross-functional, multi-team initiatives.
• Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and engineering standards.
• Improve platform observability, maintainability, performance, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead technical investigations, evaluate emerging technologies, and influence long-term technology strategy and engineering roadmaps.
• Advance responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including architecture and technical leadership responsibilities.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and operating IAM and CIAM solutions.
• Deep hands-on experience with Auth0, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Ping Identity, or similar identity platforms.
• Expertise in OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), federation, token-based security, and modern authentication patterns.
• Experience building and operating identity solutions at scale for customer-facing SaaS applications.
• Strong experience designing and building distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native applications.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, security principles, and modern engineering practices.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and organizations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-alignment skills.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted software development tools and how AI can improve engineering effectiveness.
• Preferred experience with identity platform migrations, Zero Trust, Single Sign-On (SSO), enterprise federation, cloud infrastructure, containerized environments, regulated or security-focused environments, and security, privacy, compliance, or audit requirements.