Staff Engineer, Identity

LTK; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company matching

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance

Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

Flexible PTO

Summer Fridays

Job summary

LTK is looking for a Staff Engineer, Identity to lead the engineering team responsible for its Identity platform. The role requires 4+ years of management experience and extensive expertise in Go, Auth0, and identity solutions. Responsibilities include driving the vision for the Identity Platform, ensuring scalability and security, and managing project requirements across different teams. This remote position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including health insurance and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of management/lead experience in engineering.
• 5+ years of shipping commercial products, preferably in Go.
• Experience architecting identity and authentication platforms.
• Deep understanding of Auth0, Okta or similar identity solutions.
• Experience rolling out authorization systems such as OPA, FGA.

Responsibilities

• Drive vision and strategy for the Identity Platform.
• Deliver a scalable, secure API platform for public APIs.
• Migrate legacy auth systems to Auth0 with advanced features.
• Lead the enterprise IAM strategy as a subject matter expert.
• Guide the team on architecture principles and security best practices.

Skills

Management experience

Expertise in Go

Auth0 knowledge

Experience with containerization

CI/CD tools experience

Infrastructure as Code knowledge

Logging and monitoring tools

AWS systems experience

API development

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Position title: Staff Engineer, Identity

Location: US-Remote

About the role

We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to join us in leading and growing our Identity Team at LTK. The role will have you being a hands-on technology leader driving architecture strategy, platform modernization, and secure, scalable solutions across the enterprise. As an Identity Team Lead, you will build a team of engineers and work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize the performance, reliability, security and scalability of our Identity platform, making sure every component is running at its peak.

How you will make an impact

• Drive the vision and strategy for our Identity Platform in partnership with the Product Management & Stakeholders.
• Deliver a scalable, secure API platform as the single entry point for all public APIs, integrated with Auth0 for authentication/authorization.
• Migrate legacy auth systems to Auth0 with refresh token rotation, fine-grained authorization, and multi-tenant support.
• Lead the enterprise IAM strategy; in-house expert on Auth0, OAuth2, OIDC, and fine-grained authorization (FGA).
• Build reusable code templates, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering standards to improve speed and quality.
• Guide the team on architecture principles, security best practices, and cloud-native design patterns.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships across engineering and product management.
• Work with teams across the company to gather requirements, support, and drive projects forward.

What you will bring to LTK

• 4+ years of management/lead experience, leading/standing up a Software Engineering Function
• 5+ years of demonstrated expertise shipping commercial products and services, preferably in Go.
• Experiencing architecting, building, and operationalizing an identity and authentication platform for organizational adoption.
• Deep understanding and expertise of Auth0, Okta, Authentik, Keycloak, or similar identity provider solutions.
• Experience building developer platforms/frameworks (Backstage.io, Cortex, Humanitec, score.dev et al.) for companies past the start-up stage
• Deep understanding and experience rolling out authorization systems such as OPA, FGA (OpenFGA), or similar solutions.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Github Actions, Gitlab, Circle CI, Argo, Kargo
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, including CloudFormation and Teraform
• Knowledge of observability best practices and logging/monitoring tools like DataDog, Splunk, New Relic, Edge Delta, Prometheus, et al.
• Experience with AWS systems such as ECS, Lambda, RDS et al.
• Experience writing services in Go, Python, C++ or Java
• Have built scalable internal and public-facing APIs (REST, JSON, HTTP).
• A mindset focused on seizing opportunities and moving with urgency
• Dedication to fierce prioritization and operational excellence
• Adaptability to a dynamic, fast-moving environment
• A growth mindset and openness to feedback

What we offer

• The opportunity to be part of the leading global company in creator commerce
• A remote-first, productivity-first environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family
• 401(k) with LTK company matching
• Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance
• Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Paternity Leave
• Summer Fridays and Flexible PTO

About LTK

Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The full-service platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that make content instantly shoppable. Today, premium lifestyle creators in 160+ countries drive more than $5 billion+ in annual retail sales through their LTK Shop profiles. More than 40 million consumers turn to LTK Shops in the LTK shopping platform each month to find inspiration and instantly shop the styles recommended by their favorite creators. More than 8,000 retailers and 1M brands partner with LTK to gain access to its global creator network for content that converts against performance-driven, cross-channel KPIs. LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX, and currently operates on five continents.

Our mission

To empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success.

Our values

• Here to win
• Commit to the journey
• Work well

Commitment to diversity

LTK believes diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental obligations that strengthen our team. We employ a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to build a meaningful company and culture.

For US-Based Roles: We are not offering new sponsorships opportunities at this time for persons requiring employment visas, such as an H-1B; authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.

Any unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles submitted through our website or to personal email accounts of employees of LTK are considered the property of LTK and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

LTK is an Equal Opportunity Employer.