Director of Engineering Identity Platform

GoDaddy; United States; Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Equity options

Remote or hybrid work options

Job summary

GoDaddy is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Identity Platform powering authentication, authorization, and customer profile management across our products.

You will set the technical vision, guide a 50+ person team across the US and India, and stay hands-on with prototyping, code reviews, and architecture decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' demonstrated ability in software engineering, with identity/security experience.
• 8+ years' proven experience as a people leader across distributed teams.
• Strong hands-on depth in security, identity, or platform systems.
• Proficiency in Java or Python and modern stacks (React, GraphQL, AWS).
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and safe usage in security contexts.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering strategy for authentication, authorization, and profile management platforms.
• Lead and mentor a 50+ engineer organization across US and India.
• Contribute hands-on through prototyping, code reviews, and architecture discussions.
• Drive adoption of OAuth, OpenID Connect, and OpenFGA across teams.
• Champion AI-assisted development tools and secure coding practices.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed teams

Security

Platform engineering

Technical depth

AI tooling adoption

Tools

Java

Python

React

GraphQL

AWS

OpenFGA

OAuth/OIDC

Job description

Location Details: USA Remote

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full‑time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.

This position may be a hybrid or fully remote position, as decided by your manager. If designated as hybrid, you’ll divide your time between working remotely from your home and an office location, so you should live within commuting distance. If designated as remote, you’ll be working remotely from your home and may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Your hiring manager can share more about this role’s hybrid or remote designation.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our Team

GoDaddy's Identity Platform powers authentication, authorization, and core identity infrastructure, which sits at the heart of how millions of small businesses securely access, manage, and grow their online presence, across our products.

We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to lead this critical platform into its next chapter — driving company‑wide adoption of OAuth/OpenID Connect (OIDC) and OpenFGA, strengthening the reliability and security of core identity services, and crafting customer experiences that are flawless, scalable, and trusted.

In this role, you’ll set the technical vision and the execution rhythm for a 50+ person engineering organization. This organization spans the US and India. You will lead through multiple Senior Managers while staying close to the technology. This is a hands‑on leadership role — we expect you to code, prototype, run technical experiments, and to lead by example in using AI‑assisted development tools.

What you’ll get to do

• Own and set the engineering strategy and lead execution for the platforms that power authentication, authorization, and customer profile management across GoDaddy
• Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed engineering organization of 50+ engineers across the US and India, including multiple Senior Managers
• Stay close to the technology. You’ll contribute hands‑on, from prototyping and code review to architecture and design discussions — using your technical depth to build credibility and make sharp technical calls
• Champion the effective use of AI‑assisted development tools such as Claude, Copilot, Cursor, in your own work and driving adoption across the organization, or similar, helping your teams increase efficiency while applying good judgment in security‑critical environments
• Drive company‑wide adoption of modern identity and authorization standards, including OAuth, OpenID Connect and OpenFGA, partnering across teams to develop migration strategy and influence engineering standards beyond your own organization
• Raise the operational bar for critical systems, improving incident response, on‑call health, and monitoring for services used across every GoDaddy product
• Champion identity experiences (password less, streamlined authorization) that protect customers; balancing strong security with ease of use

Your experience should include…

• 10+ years' demonstrated ability in software engineering, with recent experience in identity, security, or platform engineering within a global technology environment. Hands on experience driving large‑scale technical migrations, platform modernization, or engineering standards adoption across a sophisticated engineering organization
• 8+ years' proven experience as a people leader, with a track record of leading and scaling engineering organizations of 20+ engineers through multiple layers of management across distributed teams and geographies. An ownership mentality, strong customer advocacy in technical decision‑making, and the ability to lead teams optimally through ambiguity
• Strong hands‑on technical depth across security, identity, access control, or adjacent platform systems, with the ability to deep dive into identity and authorization concepts, write code, prototype, and lead architecture and design reviews
• Proficiency in a modern backend language such as Java or Python, with solid understanding of broader modern engineering stacks including React, GraphQL, and AWS; direct experience with OAuth, OIDC, or fine‑grained authorization models such as OpenFGA is highly desirable
• Hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted development tools, including a proven track record in driving adoption across engineering teams and apply good judgment around safe use in security‑critical contexts

You might also have…

• Prior ownership of an identity or profile/PII management platform at consumer or e‑commerce scale
• Experience leading US/India distributed teams
• Contributions to open standards or open‑source identity projects

About us

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can befound on our Diversity Careers page.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups Culture. Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age‑identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

Compensation & Benefits

What We Offer

Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off,paternal and wellness leave, healthcare,retirementsavings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Thisrole is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, which includesmedical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirementplan, paid sick time, paidflexibletime off, paid parental leave, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, AD&D insurance, mental healthor EAP programs, remote or hybrid work options,paidholidays, paid Wellness days, tuition assistance, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits, dependent daycare and backup care benefits,Employeestock purchase plan, financial education and advice; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy’s benefit plans and applicable law.

Actual compensation andbenefitseligibility will bedeterminedbased on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Compensation

The estimated pay ranges for this role are listed below. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other forms of compensation, which may include a corporate bonus and/or equity awards, subject to the terms of applicable plans and individual eligibility.

Bay Area (Santa Clara, San Francisco) and Los Angeles:

$215,000—$323,000 USD

Austin, D.C. Metro, CA (non-Bay Area), HI, IL, MA, NH, OR, VA, WA:

$185,500—$278,500 USD

New York City Metro, Kirkland/Seattle:

$197,200—$295,800 USD

All other US locations not previously listed:

$165,500—$248,500 USD