Senior Software Engineer

Ping Identity; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

PTO & holidays

Education reimbursement

Commuter offset

Retirement programs

Global volunteering

Employee resource groups

Bonding events

Job summary

Ping Identity's Platform Engineering team seeks a Senior Software Engineer to turn ideas into production IAM capabilities across the Ping platform, spanning infrastructure, databases, and UI.

You will collaborate across product, UX, and engineering, prototype AI-enabled solutions, and ship APIs, models, and services that help identify, secure, and govern AI agents.

Qualifications

• Ability to use AI engineering tools to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while applying sound engineering judgment
• Experience building production services, distributed systems, or shared platform capabilities
• Experience designing and implementing APIs, RESTful services, integration contracts, and data or domain models
• Experience turning requirements and ambiguous problems into designs, prototypes, and production-ready solutions
• Experience with authentication, authorisation, and identity management
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly, collaborate across teams and time zones, and support other engineers through feedback and knowledge sharing

Responsibilities

• Deliver IAM capabilities across the Ping platform from infrastructure to UI
• Design and implement APIs, models, workflows, and services
• Research and prototype solutions with senior leaders to turn ideas into features
• Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering to refine features for scalability
• Participate in design, coding, testing, rollout, and production support
• Use AI tooling to accelerate research and coding while maintaining engineering judgment
• Communicate decisions clearly and share knowledge across the team

Skills

AI tooling

Distributed systems

API design

Authentication

Identity management

Cross-team collaboration

RESTful services

Prototyping

Job description

This role sits in our Platform Engineering team, which delivers features and design work that spans the Ping platform. The team focuses on building Ping's identity for AI offerings to secure and govern AI agents.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can turn ideas into production capabilities and work well in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional, and global team.

The ideal applicant will bring strong software development experience, sound technical judgment, creative problem‑solving skills, and a passion for research, innovation, and experimentation. They will be excited by work that spans products, services, APIs, models, and user experiences, and by using AI tooling as a practical part of the engineering workflow to accelerate discovery and delivery.

This is an opportunity to contribute to features that help customers identify, secure, and govern AI agents.

You Will

• Deliver IAM (Identity & Access Management) capabilities across the Ping platform encompassing the whole stack from infrastructure and databases through to UI experiences
• Contribute to the design and implementation of APIs, models, workflows, orchestration surfaces, and services
• Research and prototype solutions in emerging areas, working with senior technical leaders and product teams to turn validated ideas into product features
• Work closely with product management, UX, and engineering teams across Ping to refine features and designs to deliver elegant, usable, and scalable outcomes for customers
• Participate in development life cycle activities such as design, coding, testing, rollout, and production support
• Use modern AI tooling such as Claude Code as part of day‑to‑day engineering work to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while maintaining strong engineering judgment
• Communicate clearly, share knowledge, and support other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and delivery
• Thrive in a rapidly changing environment, continuously adapting to evolving customer needs, technology trends, and new ways of working

You Have

• Ability to use AI engineering tools to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while applying sound engineering judgment
• Experience building production services, distributed systems, or shared platform capabilities
• Experience designing and implementing APIs, RESTful services, integration contracts, and data or domain models
• Experience turning requirements and ambiguous problems into designs, prototypes, and production‑ready solutions
• Experience with authentication, authorisation, and identity management
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly, collaborate across teams and time zones, and support other engineers through feedback and knowledge sharing

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, token exchange, policy systems, delegated administration, or identity data modelling
• Experience with AI agent identity and non‑human identity
• Familiarity with MCP, agent skills, and other agent integration concepts
• Experience working across multiple codebases, teams, or product areas to ship cohesive outcomes
• Experience with distributed systems at scale
• Experience working as part of an international team
• Experience contributing to technical designs and proof of concept work

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives
• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.