Staff CIAM Engineer - Identity Platform Architect

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a staff-level CIAM engineer to design and operate secure, scalable identity services. You will lead architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, security, and engineering teams to implement robust identity solutions.

As part of the core CIAM platform, you will drive design decisions, manage on-call rotations, and maintain high standards for reliability, security, and documentation. Experience with Keycloak and modern identity protocols is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and operating authentication and authorization systems in production environments.
• Staff-level engineers typically have 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep understanding of OIDC, OAuth, SAML, SCIM, JWT, and SSO.
• Experience with service-to-service authentication and secure communication patterns in distributed systems.
• Strong background in software architecture and system design, including scalability, performance, reliability, and security.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and align diverse stakeholders.
• Availability during core business hours and occasional nights and weekends for on-call coverage.

Responsibilities

• Design and build secure, scalable identity services.
• Lead complex technical initiatives from design through production.
• Serve as technical lead for core CIAM platform areas.
• Guide architecture and review designs.
• Help teams make sound technical decisions.
• Partner with engineering, product, and security teams on implementation plans and technical investments.
• Identify risks early and break down ambiguous technical problems.
• Promote standards-based identity patterns and engineering best practices.
• Improve reliability, security, and maintainability of identity-related services.
• Mentor CIAM engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and collaborative problem solving.
• Contribute to an inclusive engineering culture.
• Participate in on-call support rotation as needed.

Skills

OIDC/OAuth

SAML

Technical Leadership

Identity Security

Keycloak

Go/Java/Ruby

On-call

Documentation

Tools

Keycloak

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a staff-level CIAM engineer to design and operate secure, scalable identity services. You will lead architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, security, and engineering teams to implement robust identity solutions.

As part of the core CIAM platform, you will drive design decisions, manage on-call rotations, and maintain high standards for reliability, security, and documentation. Experience with Keycloak and modern identity protocols is highly valued.