Senior Staff Software Engineer — AI-Driven IAM Platform

Ping Identity; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule

Parental Leave

Progressive Healthcare Options

Retirement Programs

Education Reimbursement

Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Job summary

Ping Identity is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team. You will build IAM capabilities across the Ping platform, spanning infrastructure, services, APIs, and UI. The role emphasizes AI tooling usage to accelerate engineering while maintaining strong judgment.

You will collaborate with product, UX, and engineering teams to turn ideas into scalable features, contribute to API design, and prototype new solutions in a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating production services.
• Experience building distributed systems or shared platform capabilities.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs, RESTful services, integration contracts, and data models.
• Experience with authentication, authorisation, and identity management.
• Ability to turn requirements into designs, prototypes, and production-ready solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver IAM capabilities across the Ping platform from infrastructure to UI experiences.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of APIs, models, workflows, and services.
• Research and prototype solutions, turning validated ideas into product features.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering to refine features for customers.
• Participate in design, coding, testing, rollout, and production support.
• Use AI tooling to accelerate research, coding, and documentation while keeping judgment strong.
• Communicate technical decisions clearly and support other engineers.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

Distributed systems

Authentication & IAM

Cloud platforms

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Google Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

OAuth 2.0

Job description

Ping Identity is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team. You will build IAM capabilities across the Ping platform, spanning infrastructure, services, APIs, and UI. The role emphasizes AI tooling usage to accelerate engineering while maintaining strong judgment.

You will collaborate with product, UX, and engineering teams to turn ideas into scalable features, contribute to API design, and prototype new solutions in a fast-paced, global environment.