Remote Senior CIAM Engineer: Secure Identity Platform

Affirm; St. Louis (MO); 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 (ESPP)

Job summary

A leading fintech company based in St. Louis, Missouri, is seeking a Backend Engineer to develop core CIAM services that support customer identity management. This role requires a strong background in Python, experience with CIAM systems, and an understanding of OAuth 2.0 standards. The position offers remote work flexibility and includes comprehensive health benefits. Ideal candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in backend engineering and be familiar with CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Strong experience designing and implementing CIAM systems.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services.
• Integrate CIAM platforms with internal systems.
• Automate CIAM infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.

Skills

CIAM systems design

OAuth 2.0

Python

API design

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native development

Terraform

Distributed systems

Error handling

MFA

Tools

AWS

Buildkite

Okta

Auth0

Ping Identity

Azure AD B2C

Job description

A leading fintech company based in St. Louis, Missouri, is seeking a Backend Engineer to develop core CIAM services that support customer identity management. This role requires a strong background in Python, experience with CIAM systems, and an understanding of OAuth 2.0 standards. The position offers remote work flexibility and includes comprehensive health benefits. Ideal candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in backend engineering and be familiar with CI/CD practices.