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Senior Staff Backend Engineer (IAM)

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about 6 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
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Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a high-performing backend engineering team focused on IAM.
  • Drive development of core IAM capabilities including authentication and authorization.
  • Design and build scalable systems for user and machine identity management.
  • Work on modern authentication protocols such as OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML.
  • Build and evolve authorization frameworks leveraging RBAC/ABAC models.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver secure infrastructure for AI workloads.
  • Drive technical design, execution planning, and delivery of complex distributed systems.
  • Ensure reliability, scalability, and security of identity systems.
  • Mentor engineers and foster a strong engineering culture.

Requirements

  • 13 - 17 years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience in backend development using Java or Python with REST API design.
  • Hands-on experience with authentication and authorization technologies.
  • Solid understanding of identity systems including user and machine identity.
  • Experience with service-to-service authentication and distributed system security.
  • Strong problem-solving and execution skills.
  • Experience working in cloud environments, preferably AWS.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing flexibility between office and remote work.
  • Collaboration-focused culture enhancing employee experience.