Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Generous time off

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a seasoned engineer to design and implement core customer identity and authentication management capabilities. You will build backend services that ensure robust security in user registration and account management for various platforms. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with CIAM systems, modern backend languages like Python and Kotlin, and a solid understanding of identity standards. The role supports remote work while offering comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Experience designing APIs, automation frameworks, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services.
• Implement identity standards in code, ensuring correctness and scalability.
• Monitor and optimize CIAM services for performance and security.

Skills

CIAM system design and implementation

OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM

Backend software engineering (Python, Kotlin)

API design

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native development (preferably AWS)

Infrastructure as Code

Security fundamentals

Team communication

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Buildkite

Job description

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a seasoned engineer to design and implement core customer identity and authentication management capabilities. You will build backend services that ensure robust security in user registration and account management for various platforms. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with CIAM systems, modern backend languages like Python and Kotlin, and a solid understanding of identity standards. The role supports remote work while offering comprehensive benefits.