Staff Fullstack Software Engineer - IAM

Norwest Venture Partners; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in global workforce management seeks a dynamic Staff Fullstack Software Engineer to join their IAM team in Palo Alto, CA. The role involves designing secure IAM solutions and collaborating with agile teams to enhance performance and scalability. Candidates should possess strong problem-solving skills and a solid background in software development, ideally with extensive IAM experience.

Benefits

Health and Dental Insurance

Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software development preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of IAM concepts, including authentication and authorization.
• Experience with AWS technologies and API development.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing IAM capabilities including APIs.
• Liaison with Product and Engineering Managers to align with product vision.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's growth.

Skills

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Software Development

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

OKTA

Auth0

API technologies (REST, GraphQL)

Job description

About Velocity Global

Velocity Global gives you the power to build your team everywhere—combining seamless technology and local expertise in 185+ countries. We make it simple to compliantly hire, pay, and manage talent anywhere. With Velocity Global, the world is yours.

About Velocity Global

Velocity Global gives you the power to build your team everywhere—combining seamless technology and local expertise in 185+ countries. We make it simple to compliantly hire, pay, and manage talent anywhere. With Velocity Global, the world is yours.

Job Description

Velocity Global offers the most unified, tech-enabled, and customer service-driven global workforce management, ensuring smooth, reliable operations across countries, roles, and workforce types so businesses can navigate complexity with confidence, deliver strong results, and stay ahead. We help you expand your business into new markets without the complexity of setting up entities. We hire, pay, and manage your workforce across 185+ countries with our AI-powered global Workforce Technology platform.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Staff Fullstack Software Engineer to join our Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. In this critical role, you will design and build secure, scalable, and user-friendly IAM solutions that ensure seamless authentication, authorization, and identity management. You will leverage technologies like ReactJS, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS in a serverless environment to create systems that protect our users and infrastructure.

This role will require in-office collaboration for 3 days per week in our Palo Alto, CA office.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designing and developing Identity and Access management capabilities including APIs to support customers and microservice authentication and authorization.
• Liaison with Product Manager, Engineering Manager and other agile teams to align with the overall product vision and architecture design.
• The ability to lead a team of engineers to deliver on cross-functional projects
• Extraordinary communication and collaboration skills. You are pragmatic and know how to build trust.
• Design and develop software solutions that meet the needs of our customers and align with the company's overall strategy.
• Contributing to quality and security through code reviews and Agile driven test-based-development, documentation and continuous integration processes.
• Continuously improve the performance and scalability of the company's software products.
• Stay current with new technologies and industry developments to ensure that the company's software products remain competitive.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall growth and development of the engineering team.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

• Bachelor's (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field such as physics or mathematics, or equivalent technical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in software development preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) concepts, such as authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC, account lifecycle, least privilege, etc.
• Expertise of Identity System concepts and protocols (SAML, OpenID, OAuth, SCIM) and a strong understanding of security standard methodologies and encryption protocols.
• Experience with OKTA, Auth0 and OPA based policy engines is a plus.
• Experience with AWS technologies like serverless, api gateways, SQS, eventbridge and API technologies like REST and GraphQL.
• Good understanding of OOP and Functional programming.
• Deep understanding of testing approaches and methodologies.
• Experience with handling high volume of requests and working with multithreaded and distributed services.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in a remote environment.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay depends upon many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified.

Annualized Pay Range

$176,000—$229,000 USD

We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion across our organization, embracing the rich tapestry of cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives that our global team brings together in offices around the world. Velocity Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to empowering individuals from all walks of life to achieve their professional goals with us, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, or genetic information. We actively seek and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including those with disabilities, and offer accommodations throughout the selection process upon request.

Velocity Global offers a range of benefits tailored to the location and type of role. A general benefits overview is below:

• Health and Dental Insurance (where applicable)
• Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan