Senior Identity Platform Engineer: SSO & Federation

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Ann Arbor (MI); Remote; USD 139,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Identity Platform Back-End Engineer to help build the authentication and federation foundation of Cisco's identity platform.

You will design secure, scalable SSO and identity-broker services using Python and own components from design through delivery. The role emphasizes API design, automation, and collaboration across engineering, product, and architecture teams, with AI-assisted development tools guiding the process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, master's with 4+ years, or PhD with 1+ years.
• Professional experience building enterprise or customer-facing backend services and APIs using Python.
• Experience designing components within distributed systems and communicating technical decisions and tradeoffs.
• Experience delivering quality software through automated testing and modern software development practices.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools as part of day-to-day software engineering while validating security, correctness, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Identity Platform Engineering & SSO: Design and develop secure, scalable SSO and identity-broker services using Python.
• Build APIs and platform capabilities that support authentication, federation, identity orchestration, and integration across Cisco products.
• Technical Design & Ownership: Own complex software components from design through implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Evaluate tradeoffs involving security, scalability, performance, and extensibility, and document decisions through technical designs and ADRs.
• AI-Native, Spec-Driven Development: Turn ambiguous requirements into clear specifications and acceptance criteria, using AI tools while ensuring security and maintainability.
• Engineering Excellence & Collaboration: Deliver high-quality software through automated testing, code reviews, and cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Python backend services

Distributed systems

Automated testing

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

OpenAPI specifications

AWS

SQL

Redis

Asynchronous Python

Event-driven architectures

React

TypeScript

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Identity Platform Back-End Engineer to help build the authentication and federation foundation of Cisco's identity platform.

You will design secure, scalable SSO and identity-broker services using Python and own components from design through delivery. The role emphasizes API design, automation, and collaboration across engineering, product, and architecture teams, with AI-assisted development tools guiding the process.