Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Salt Lake City (UT); 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 financial technology firm is seeking an experienced engineer for a remote CIAM role. This position focuses on designing and implementing robust identity and authentication systems. Responsibilities include developing backend services in Python and Kotlin, ensuring secure customer authentication, and automating CIAM infrastructure. Candidates should have significant experience in backend software engineering and familiarity with CIAM platforms. The salary range is competitive, with additional benefits including comprehensive health coverage and flexible spending stipends.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with CIAM platforms integration using APIs.
• Strong background in security and authentication models.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services.
• Ensure secure authentication flows including MFA and consent.
• Automate CIAM infrastructure and support dev and ops.

Skills

CIAM systems design

Python programming

OAuth 2.0

Distributed systems

API design

AWS development

Infrastructure as Code

Security fundamentals

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub workflows

Tools

Terraform

Okta

Auth0

Ping Identity

ForgeRock

Azure AD B2C

Job description

A leading financial technology firm is seeking an experienced engineer for a remote CIAM role. This position focuses on designing and implementing robust identity and authentication systems. Responsibilities include developing backend services in Python and Kotlin, ensuring secure customer authentication, and automating CIAM infrastructure. Candidates should have significant experience in backend software engineering and familiarity with CIAM platforms. The salary range is competitive, with additional benefits including comprehensive health coverage and flexible spending stipends.