Senior Staff Software Engineer – Identity for AI

SecuredTouch (acquired by Ping Identity); Austin (TX); 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 Senior Staff Software Engineer to help define and build Identity for AI capabilities across the Ping platform. You’ll turn research ideas into design and delivery, working across products, services, APIs, and models in a fast-paced, global environment.

You will leverage Java/JavaScript, Google Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes to deliver scalable production services, while mentoring teams and collaborating with product, UX, and engineering to create elegant, secure

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating production services at scale.
• Strong background building distributed systems and platform capabilities.
• Proven ability to design APIs, RESTful services, and data models.
• Experience with authentication, authorization and identity management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver IAM capabilities across the Ping platform from infra to UI.
• Define and evolve APIs, models, workflows, and services for platform features.
• Research and deliver Identity for AI and AI-first platform experiences.
• Collaborate with product management, UX, and engineering to refine features and designs.
• Participate in design, coding, testing, rollout, and production support.
• Use AI tooling to accelerate research, coding, prototyping, and documentation.
• Mentor engineers and set strong technical examples.
• Adapt to evolving customer needs and technology trends.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

AI engineering tools

Distributed systems

APIs design

Authentication & identity

Mentorship

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Google Cloud

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

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.

This role sits within Ping’s Platform Engineering team, which delivers capabilities and design work that span the Ping platform. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you’ll help define and build Ping’s Identity for AI offerings to identify, secure, and govern AI agents.

You’ll take emerging ideas from research and experimentation through design and delivery, working across products, services, APIs, models, and user experiences. The role requires broad software development experience, strong systems thinking, creative problem-solving, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional, and global environment.

You’ll also use modern AI tooling as a practical part of the engineering workflow to accelerate discovery and delivery while applying sound engineering judgment. This is an opportunity to help define how the software industry approaches identity and security for 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
• Define and evolve common APIs, models, workflows, orchestration surfaces, and services that enable platform-level capabilities
• Research, prototype, and deliver features in emerging areas such as Identity for AI and AI-first platform experiences
• 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
• Show strong communication skills, provide effective mentorship, and set a strong example for other engineers
• Thrive in a rapidly changing environment, continuously adapting to evolving customer needs, technology trends, and new ways of working

You Have

• Ability to design, build, test, and operate production services using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes, together with the desire to broaden your expertise
• Ability to use AI engineering tools to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation and documentation while applying sound engineering judgment
• Experience building distributed systems, platform capabilities, internal developer platforms, or shared product infrastructure
• Strong experience designing APIs, RESTful services, service boundaries, integration contracts, and data or domain models
• Experience turning ambiguous ideas into technical direction, prototypes, and production-ready solutions
• Experience with authentication, authorisation, and identity management
• Ability to communicate technical direction clearly, mentor other engineers, and coordinate work across teams and time zones

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 balancing short-term product delivery with longer-term platform architecture
• Experience writing technical designs, PoCs, and decision-support material for leadership and partner teams

Compensation Range: $151,277-$185,000

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.