Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Competitive vacation and holiday schedules

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

A technology company is looking for a hands-on Backend Engineer specializing in customer identity and authentication within the Information Security team. In this role, you will design and operate core CIAM services to manage customer registration and authentication. Strong experience with CIAM systems, cloud-native development, and programming in Python is required. You can expect a competitive pay range of $190,000–$240,000 per year, along with benefits like health coverage and flexible spending accounts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Strong experience designing and implementing CIAM systems.
• Hands-on experience with Python or similar backend language.
• Experience with Identity standards such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and SCIM.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services.
• Develop backend APIs and services in Python and Kotlin.
• Monitor and optimize CIAM services for performance and resilience.

Skills

CIAM systems design and implementation

Backend software engineering experience

Python programming

API design

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native development (AWS)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Security fundamentals

Communication skills

Tools

GitHub

Buildkite

Job description

A technology company is looking for a hands-on Backend Engineer specializing in customer identity and authentication within the Information Security team. In this role, you will design and operate core CIAM services to manage customer registration and authentication. Strong experience with CIAM systems, cloud-native development, and programming in Python is required. You can expect a competitive pay range of $190,000–$240,000 per year, along with benefits like health coverage and flexible spending accounts.