Senior Staff Java Engineer – Identity & Cloud Platform

Ping Identity; United States; On-site; USD 151,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule

Parental Leave

Progressive Healthcare Options

Retirement Programs

Education Reimbursement

Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Job summary

Ping Identity is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and deliver Java-based identity management features with a focus on security, quality, testability, and performance in a fast-moving agile environment.

You will design large-scale, multi-tenant systems; collaborate with distributed teams across Portland, Canada, and Europe; refine requirements with product management to extend PingIDM; plan and estimate work; enable cloud deployments; and support customers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and developing large-scale Java applications.
• Strong understanding of HTTP and RESTful web services.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Experience with cloud architectures and deployment strategies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience using AI agents to plan, validate, and implement functionality.
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop large-scale, multi-tenant Java-based identity management products.
• Collaborate with distributed teams in Portland, OR, Canada, and Europe.
• Analyze and elaborate on requirements with product management and architects to enhance PingIDM.
• Plan, estimate, and manage development tasks per business plans.
• Enable successful cloud deployments.
• Work with customer-facing support teams to resolve issues.

Skills

Java

HTTP/REST

Communication

Problem solving

Cloud architectures

AI agents usage

Independent learning

Job description

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

You will be an active member of an innovative and passionate team developing features and key extensions to a growing enterprise product platform for the market leader in Identity Security. There is a wide variety of work including API development, identity protocol implementation, authentication systems, security vulnerability mitigation, identity management and provisioning, and performance optimizations at a large scale.

We seek a Staff Software Engineer who will be active in developing features and capabilities within our Identity Management product suite. We require a passionate developer who flourishes in a fast-moving, agile environment, has good communications skills, an outstanding ability to translate requirements and designs to functional Java code using agentic modeling, and strong attention to security, quality, testability and performance.

You will:

• Design and develop large-scale, single- and multi-tenant, robust, cutting-edge Java-based identity management products
• Collaborate effectively with the distributed team, with team members in the Portland, OR metro area, Canada, and Europe
• Analyze and elaborate on requirements with product management and architects to improve the identity platform and develop new features for PingIDM
• Plan, estimate, and manage development tasks independently and efficiently per business plans
• Enable successful cloud deployments
• Work closely with customer-facing support teams to resolve customer issues
  
  
  

You have:

• Wide experience designing and developing large scale applications in the Java programming language
• A strong understanding of HTTP and RESTful web services
• Strong interpersonal communications skills
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Familiar with cloud architectures and deployment strategies (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience using AI agents such as claude code to plan, validate, and implement functionality
• The ability to learn quickly and independently, and are capable of gathering information and understanding complex features and environments
  
  
  

You have an advantage if you have:

• Experience with identity management technologies and protocols (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, certificate & key management, cryptography, etc.)I
• Understanding of enterprise-scale systems and configurations related to security
• Experience building performant systems that deploy and execute at scale
  
  
  

Salary Range: $151,00 - $185,000

In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.

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
  
  
  

Our Benefits:

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)
  
  
  

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

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.