Hybrid IAM Staff Engineer - Identity & Access

Neobankbeat; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Identity & Access Management in San Francisco. You will design, build, and operate secure IAM systems, APIs, and audit trails across authentication, authorization, and identity contexts, protecting customers and partners.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, own technical quality, and evolve the identity platform with scalable, enterprise-ready authentication experiences, including delegated and agent identity, and strong auditability.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with production backend experience.
• Experience leading complex projects and mentoring engineers.
• Solid API design, testing, and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate IAM backends, APIs, and audit workflows.
• Lead engineers on initiatives end-to-end from design to rollout.
• Improve login experiences: SSO, MFA, delegated access, enterprise identity flows.
• Build durable, identity-aware audit trails and secure defaults.

Skills

Backend systems

Project leadership

API design

Testing

Documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Operational excellence

Security awareness

Tools

Okta

OAuth

OIDC

SAML

WebAuthn

Job description

Brex is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Identity & Access Management in San Francisco. You will design, build, and operate secure IAM systems, APIs, and audit trails across authentication, authorization, and identity contexts, protecting customers and partners.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, own technical quality, and evolve the identity platform with scalable, enterprise-ready authentication experiences, including delegated and agent identity, and strong auditability.