Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Boise (ID); 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 leading fintech company is seeking a Backend Engineer focused on CIAM systems to design and implement secure customer identity services. You will build and operate backend solutions that manage registration and authentication across various platforms. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend software engineering experience and strong skills in Python. This is a remote-first role with numerous benefits, including health coverage and stock options, and offers competitive compensation based on location and experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Strong production experience in Python or similar backend language.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services.
• Implement identity standards such as OAuth 2.0 and OIDC.
• Develop backend APIs and services in Python and Kotlin.

Skills

CIAM systems design

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

SAML

SCIM

Backend software engineering

Python

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub development workflows

AWS

Token handling

Tools

Terraform

Cursor

Job description

A leading fintech company is seeking a Backend Engineer focused on CIAM systems to design and implement secure customer identity services. You will build and operate backend solutions that manage registration and authentication across various platforms. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend software engineering experience and strong skills in Python. This is a remote-first role with numerous benefits, including health coverage and stock options, and offers competitive compensation based on location and experience.