Senior Identity Platform Engineer - SSO & Security

LinkedIn; California; 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 developer tools used by engineering teams. You will own major projects from problem definition through production, delivering secure, reliable, and intuitive identity solutions across the company.

You will mentor peers, raise the technical bar through reviews, and collaborate with security, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure scalable, privacy-conscious solutions that ship with quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 4+ years of programming in Java, Go, or Python.
• Experience with identity and access management, authentication, authorization, SSO, or directory services.
• Experience building backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Experience taking software changes through development, testing, code review, deployment, and production support.
• Experience collaborating with technical partners across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate identity platforms and tools used by engineering teams.
• Own significant projects from problem definition through production.
• Improve security, reliability, and developer experience through reviews and mentorship.
• Lead technical projects end to end and measure results.
• Develop secure authentication and authorization experiences (SSO, certificate-based access, etc.).
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver easy-to-adopt solutions.
• Ensure security and privacy principles throughout the software lifecycle.
• Contribute to technical direction via code and design reviews.
• Mentor engineers to improve code quality and team effectiveness.

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

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate identity platforms and developer tools used by engineering teams. You will own major projects from problem definition through production, delivering secure, reliable, and intuitive identity solutions across the company.

You will mentor peers, raise the technical bar through reviews, and collaborate with security, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure scalable, privacy-conscious solutions that ship with quality and