Remote Senior CIAM Engineer – Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 169,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

A fintech company is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and operate customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions. This role requires solid experience with CIAM standards and backend development in Python. You will build secure authentication systems and collaborate with various engineering teams. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including healthcare coverage and stock purchase options, with remote work flexibility available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Experience integrating CIAM platforms like Okta or Auth0.
• Strong experience developing backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate CIAM backend services for B2C and B2B platforms.
• Implement and extend identity standards for service integration.
• Monitor and optimize CIAM services for high-scale environments.

Skills

CIAM systems design

OAuth 2.0

Python

API design

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Security fundamentals

Clear communication

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Buildkite

Job description

A fintech company is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and operate customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions. This role requires solid experience with CIAM standards and backend development in Python. You will build secure authentication systems and collaborate with various engineering teams. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including healthcare coverage and stock purchase options, with remote work flexibility available.