IAM & Security Automation Engineer II — Remote

Cyberjobs; Canada; Remote; CAD 133,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% medical coverage for you and your

Monthly tech and wellness stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

affirm is building the next generation of enterprise Identity and Access Management. This remote-first role combines IAM operations, automation, and production software engineering to improve reliability, scalability, and operability of identity services.

You will run core access lifecycle processes, troubleshoot production issues, and automate repetitive work. You’ll build and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations connecting identity platforms with internal systems, primarily using

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent internship/co-op experience.
• Ability to write, test, and operate production-quality backend code in Python or a similar language.
• Strong foundations in APIs, debugging, logging, error handling, and distributed systems.
• Experience with GitHub, CI/CD, testing, and code review.
• Comfort owning operational work and troubleshooting production issues.
• Familiarity with cloud environments; AWS preferred.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Run and improve IAM operations, including access lifecycle work, requests, certifications, and issue resolution.
• Automate repetitive processes with scripts, services, and workflow improvements.
• Build and maintain production backend software, APIs, tests, and integrations.
• Connect SailPoint and workforce identity events with internal systems.
• Build a paved path that enables affirm employees to create modern internal tools with Auth0.
• Partner with Security, IT, and Engineering on secure, auditable changes.
• Maintain runbooks, operational metrics, and escalation support.

Skills

IAM operations

Python backend

CI/CD

Distributed systems

GitHub

AWS

Documentation

Tools

SailPoint

Auth0

Okta

OneLogin

Terraform

Job description

affirm is building the next generation of enterprise Identity and Access Management. This remote-first role combines IAM operations, automation, and production software engineering to improve reliability, scalability, and operability of identity services.

You will run core access lifecycle processes, troubleshoot production issues, and automate repetitive work. You’ll build and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations connecting identity platforms with internal systems, primarily using