Staff Software Engineer - Authentication & Authorization

Hidden Road; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Professional development budget

Wellness programs

Catered lunches

Job summary

Ripple is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Authentication and Authorization platform. You will shape identity across a growing portfolio of payment, custody, and liquidity products, moving toward a unified, consistent experience while building fine-grained authorization primitives.

We use AI tooling to drive development; you will mentor engineers and translate regulatory requirements into platform capabilities, partnering with security and product teams to deliver reliable, scalable

Qualifications

• Backend experience in Golang or Java, running production apps in Kubernetes.
• Designing or contributing to identity systems, ideally multi-tenant or federated.
• Hands-on use of AI coding assistants and LLM-based tools in daily work.
• Experience collaborating across teams and writing design docs for alignment.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for Ripple's identity platform, including authentication flows and federation across providers.
• Lead the design and delivery of a unified identity experience across the product portfolio.
• Build and operate platform services on Kubernetes with reliability and security in mind.
• Partner with security, compliance, and product teams to translate regulatory needs into capabilities.
• Write technical proposals and contribute to architecture discussions; mentor engineers.

Skills

Golang/Java

Identity systems

AI coding assistants

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

THE WORK:

As a Staff Software Engineer on Ripple's Authentication and Authorization platform team, you'll help shape how identity works across our growing portfolio of payment, custody, and liquidity products. Our products have grown up using different identity providers and protocols, and we're now bringing them together into a unified, consistent experience — while also building the fine-grained authorization primitives that teams across Ripple rely on every day.

HOW WE WORK:

AI tooling is core to how our team works day-to-day — coding assistants, LLM-based workflows, and agentic tools across design, development, and operations. We're looking for people who already use these fluently, not just curious about them.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Set the technical direction for Ripple's identity platform, including authentication flows, federation across multiple identity providers, and fine-grained authorisation
• Lead the design and delivery of a unified identity experience across Ripple's product portfolio
• Build and operate platform services on Kubernetes, with a focus on reliability, observability, and secure secret management
• Partner with security, compliance, and product teams to translate regulatory requirements into platform capabilities
• Write clear technical proposals and contribute to architecture discussions across the engineering org
• Mentor engineers on the team through code review, design feedback, and collaboration

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Backend engineering experience in Golang or Java, including building and operating production applications within Kubernetes environments
• Experience designing or contributing to identity systems, ideally in a multi-tenant or federated context
• Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants and LLM-based tools as part of your day-to-day engineering workflow
• Experience collaborating across teams and writing design documents that build alignment

NICE TO HAVE:

• Familiarity with modern authentication protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SAML, and how they behave in production
• Experience with policy-as-code approaches to authorization (attribute-based, relationship-based, or hybrid)

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

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