Senior Identity Platform Engineer – Secure Access & SSO

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate identity platforms and tools used by engineering teams across the company. You will own major projects from problem definition through production, make sound technical decisions, and mentor others while delivering secure, reliable, and scalable solutions.

You will collaborate with security, infrastructure, and product teams to meet varying requirements, participate in design reviews and on-call rotations, and raise the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and operating production software.
• 4+ years of programming experience in one or more languages such as Java, Go, or Python.
• Experience with identity and access management, authentication, authorization, SSO, directory services, or identity lifecycle management.
• Experience building backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Experience taking software changes through development, testing, code review, deployment, and production support.
• Experience working effectively with technical partners across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate scalable identity and access services, libraries, and developer tools.
• Lead technical projects end to end: clarify requirements, evaluate trade-offs, produce designs, deliver implementation, and measure results.
• Build secure authentication and authorization experiences, including SSO, identity lifecycle integrations, certificate-based access, or directory services.
• Develop reliable distributed systems and APIs that meet demanding availability, performance, and security requirements.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and product engineering teams to understand integration needs and deliver solutions that are easy to adopt.
• Apply security and privacy principles throughout the software lifecycle, including threat-aware design, least privilege, and secure handling of credentials and identity data.
• Improve service health through monitoring, testing, incident response, and operational practices; participate in the team’s on-call rotation as needed.
• Contribute to technical direction through design reviews, code reviews, and clear engineering documentation.
• Mentor engineers and share practices that improve code quality, team effectiveness, and developer experience.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Identity and Access Management

Authentication and Authorization

Java/Go/Python

Production Operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate identity platforms and tools used by engineering teams across the company. You will own major projects from problem definition through production, make sound technical decisions, and mentor others while delivering secure, reliable, and scalable solutions.

You will collaborate with security, infrastructure, and product teams to meet varying requirements, participate in design reviews and on-call rotations, and raise the