Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; Sioux Falls (SD); 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 technology firm is seeking a backend engineer to design and implement CIAM systems. This remote-first role focuses on customer authentication, registration, and account lifecycle management. Candidates should have over 5 years of backend engineering experience, with strong skills in Python and knowledge of identity standards like OAuth 2.0 and SAML. The position offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits including health care and flexible spending stipends.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Strong production experience in Python or a similar backend language.
• Experience designing APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of backend and distributed systems fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and build CIAM backend services for customer registration and authentication.
• Implement identity standards ensuring scalability and clean integration.
• Develop backend APIs in Python and Kotlin.
• Integrate CIAM platforms with internal systems.
• Automate CIAM infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.

Skills

CIAM design and implementation

Python

OAuth 2.0

SAML

SCIM

API design

GitHub workflows

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

A leading technology firm is seeking a backend engineer to design and implement CIAM systems. This remote-first role focuses on customer authentication, registration, and account lifecycle management. Candidates should have over 5 years of backend engineering experience, with strong skills in Python and knowledge of identity standards like OAuth 2.0 and SAML. The position offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits including health care and flexible spending stipends.