Senior IAM Engineer - Secure Auth Platform

Postman; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical coverage

Flexible PTO

Wellness reimbursement

Lunch stipend

Wellness programs

Team-building events

Donation matching

Job summary

Postman is seeking a senior backend engineer to scale the Identity and Access Management platform. You will design and optimize auth protocols, contribute to secure platform components, and collaborate with Product, Design, Support, QA, Security, and Platform teams to deliver robust APIs.

You will work on role engineering, session management and standardized formats to meet cross-functional AuthN/AuthZ needs, while building tooling to ease product development and maintenance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building complex backend or distributed systems at scale.
• Proficient with JavaScript, Node.js, React.js and web fundamentals.
• Good knowledge of databases, including performance optimization, indexing and caching.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize auth standards and protocols (OAuth2.0, OIDC, SCIM, SAML).
• Contribute to secure, reliable IAM platform components.
• Research role engineering, session management, and cross-functional needs for AuthN/AuthZ.
• Develop APIs and products with cross-functional teams (PMs, Designers, QA, Security).
• Architect solutions and share knowledge across squads.

Skills

Backend systems

JavaScript

Node.js

React.js

Job description

Postman is seeking a senior backend engineer to scale the Identity and Access Management platform. You will design and optimize auth protocols, contribute to secure platform components, and collaborate with Product, Design, Support, QA, Security, and Platform teams to deliver robust APIs.

You will work on role engineering, session management and standardized formats to meet cross-functional AuthN/AuthZ needs, while building tooling to ease product development and maintenance.