Staff IAM Platform Engineer — Secure, Scalable Auth

Outreach; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

401k employer match

Comprehensive medical/dental/vision

Parental leave and support

Job summary

Outreach is building the core Identity and Access Management platform that authenticates, authorizes, and secures access across our product surface. You’ll design, implement, and operate services powering login, token management, and account protection.

You will collaborate with Product and Security to deliver secure, scalable IAM capabilities end to end, driving reliability and performance while mentoring teammates and raising the engineering bar.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep technical foundation with reliable, scalable systems.
• Experience developing end-to-end using AI tooling (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, OpenCode).
• Proven ability to learn fast, go deep, and take ownership of complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate IAM services powering authentication and authorization.
• Own critical IAM functionality end to end from architecture to rollout and observability.
• Partner with Product and Security to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Improve service performance, scalability, and resilience across distributed systems.
• Mentor teammates and influence cross‑company architecture.

Skills

8+ years experience

Deep technical foundation

End-to-end AI tooling experience

Ownership mindset

High accountability

Backend/platform services

CI familiarity

Tools

AI tooling (Claude/Cursor/Copilot/OpenCode)

Job description

Outreach is building the core Identity and Access Management platform that authenticates, authorizes, and secures access across our product surface. You’ll design, implement, and operate services powering login, token management, and account protection.

You will collaborate with Product and Security to deliver secure, scalable IAM capabilities end to end, driving reliability and performance while mentoring teammates and raising the engineering bar.