Senior Staff Software Engineer, Identity Infrastructure Engineering

Cloudjobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

Cloudjobs in San Francisco is seeking a senior architect to lead the identity infrastructure across cloud platforms and internal systems. You will design scalable authentication, authorization, and access governance while ensuring data protection for model weights and customer information.

You will drive reliability and operational maturity, set technical direction for IAM, and guide teams through ambiguous challenges using IaC, observability, and secure design practices.

Qualifications

• Requires 10+ years of experience building large-scale infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in identity systems and cloud control planes.
• Proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python.
• Strong track record leading complex technical initiatives in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and operation of identity infrastructure across cloud platforms and internal systems.
• Design scalable authentication, authorization, and access governance.
• Improve operational maturity, reliability, and security posture.
• Guide adoption of infrastructure as code and observability practices.

Skills

Identity And Access Management

Cloud Infrastructure

Distributed Systems

Infrastructure As Code

Python

Go

Rust

Authentication

Authorization

Access Governance

Policy Enforcement

System Design

Operational Rigor

Security Engineering

Observability

Backend Engineering

Job description

Lead the architecture and operation of identity infrastructure across cloud platforms and internal systems to protect model weights and customer data. Design scalable systems for authentication, authorization, and access governance while improving operational maturity and reliability.

Requirements: Requires 10+ years of experience building large-scale infrastructure and deep expertise in identity systems and cloud control planes. Proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python and a strong track record of leading complex technical initiatives in ambiguous environments are essential.

Key Skills: Identity And Access Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure As Code, Python, Go, Rust, Authentication, Authorization, Access Governance, Policy Enforcement, System Design, Operational Rigor, Security Engineering, Observability, Backend Engineering

Benefits: Relocation Assistance