Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 169,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

A fintech company based in Texas is seeking a backend engineer to join their Information Security team. The role involves designing and operating CIAM backend services for customer registration and authentication across platforms. Candidates should have strong experience with OAuth 2.0 and related identity standards. A remote-first work culture is offered, with flexibility for remote work across the U.S. The annual salary range is competitive based on experience and location, with additional health and wellness benefits included.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience required.
• Experience with cloud-native development preferred, especially AWS.
• Hands-on knowledge of security fundamentals and CIAM systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate core CIAM backend services for authentication and authorization.
• Implement identity standards such as OAuth 2.0 and OIDC in code.
• Automate CIAM infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

CIAM systems design

OAuth 2.0

Backend software engineering

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native development

Access control models

GitHub workflows

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Terraform

Buildkite

Okta

Auth0

Azure AD B2C

Job description

A fintech company based in Texas is seeking a backend engineer to join their Information Security team. The role involves designing and operating CIAM backend services for customer registration and authentication across platforms. Candidates should have strong experience with OAuth 2.0 and related identity standards. A remote-first work culture is offered, with flexibility for remote work across the U.S. The annual salary range is competitive based on experience and location, with additional health and wellness benefits included.