Cloud IAM API Developer for Identity Orchestration

Synechron; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a highly skilled Application Developer with expertise in identity API development, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. You will build secure, scalable IAM workflows on Google Cloud Platform and collaborate with Cloud Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams to design robust automation.

You will design and implement identity provisioning, lifecycle management, and secure service integrations across distributed systems, leveraging

Qualifications

• Proven experience with modern identity orchestration platforms (Auth0 Actions, Okta Workflows, WorkOS, or SlashID).
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Node.js for API and microservice development.
• Experience designing and deploying cloud-native APIs (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, GKE).
• Deep understanding of event-driven architectures, Pub/Sub, and workflow automation.
• Strong knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, SAML, and identity federation patterns.
• Proficiency in Terraform or equivalent IaC tools.
• Experience using API gateways, reverse proxies, or service mesh technologies.

Responsibilities

• Identity Orchestration: Design and implement identity flows for provisioning and lifecycle events.
• Integrate with Cloud Identity Services, ServiceNow, and internal services to streamline provisioning.
• Build policy-based orchestration workflows for adaptive authentication and context-aware access.
• API Development: Design, build, and secure RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Integrate APIs with authentication services for token validation and sessions.
• Develop internal SDKs, middleware, and shared libraries for IAM logic.
• Ensure API security, performance, reliability, and observability.
• Create pipelines where API events publish to Pub/Sub for asynchronous tasks.

Skills

Identity orchestration

Python

Go

Node.js

Cloud-native APIs

Event-driven architectures

OAuth2/OIDC/JWT/SAML

Terraform

API gateways

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

Job description

Synechron is seeking a highly skilled Application Developer with expertise in identity API development, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. You will build secure, scalable IAM workflows on Google Cloud Platform and collaborate with Cloud Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams to design robust automation.

You will design and implement identity provisioning, lifecycle management, and secure service integrations across distributed systems, leveraging