Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 169,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedule

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is looking for a backend engineer focused on Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) systems. The candidate will design and implement core backend services for customer registration and authentication. With a competitive salary range of $169,000 – $240,000 based on location and experience, the position allows for remote work as part of a flexible workplace culture. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage and generous stipends.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of identity standards like OAuth 2.0 and SAML.
• Experience with cloud-native development, ideally on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services.
• Implement identity standards and ensure correctness in code.
• Develop APIs and services exposing identity capabilities.

Skills

CIAM systems design

OAuth 2.0

Backend software engineering

Python

API design

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native development

Terraform

Security fundamentals

Tools

GitHub

AWS

Cursor

Job description

A leading financial technology company is looking for a backend engineer focused on Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) systems. The candidate will design and implement core backend services for customer registration and authentication. With a competitive salary range of $169,000 – $240,000 based on location and experience, the position allows for remote work as part of a flexible workplace culture. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage and generous stipends.