Senior AI Identity Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop identity services that cater to autonomous and multi-agent AI systems.

• Create secure identities for AI agents, enterprise services, users, and external integrations.

• Outline identity lifecycles for AI agents, which include provisioning, credential management, rotation, and decommissioning.

• Construct reusable identity capabilities that can scale throughout the AI platform.

• Design and execute modern authentication and authorization frameworks for AI agents and platform services.

• Apply OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, service principals, mutual TLS (mTLS), and delegated authorization models.

• Implement least-privilege and Zero Trust principles across AI workflows.

• Develop fine-grained authorization models that regulate AI access to enterprise data, APIs, tools, and services.

• Connect AI platforms with enterprise identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Active Directory, and other IAM solutions.

• Facilitate secure identity federation across both cloud and on-premises environments.

• Design secure service-to-service authentication that supports distributed AI architectures.

• Collaborate with enterprise security teams to ensure AI identity aligns with organizational security protocols.

• Create secure frameworks that govern how AI agents discover, authenticate, and access enterprise APIs, databases, and external tools.

• Develop authorization models that manage agent capabilities and delegated permissions.

• Safeguard sensitive enterprise resources through policy-driven access controls.

• Implement secure credential handling and secrets management throughout AI workflows.

• Create reusable identity services, SDKs, APIs, and libraries to support secure AI application development.

• Automate processes for identity provisioning, credential lifecycle management, and authorization policies.

• Enhance developer productivity through standardized identity services and secure engineering practices.

• Collaborate with platform engineers to integrate identity services into the architecture of the AI platform.

• Guarantee that every AI action is authenticated, authorized, attributable, and auditable.

• Implement identity-aware logging, traceability, and policy enforcement.

• Support compliance and governance needs for highly regulated environments.

• Work closely with AI Security Engineers to establish secure-by-design AI development methodologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).

• Over 7 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, identity engineering, or cloud security.

• Proven experience in designing authentication and authorization architectures for enterprise applications.

• In-depth knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT, SAML, PKI, and modern identity protocols.

• Experience integrating enterprise identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Active Directory, or similar IAM platforms.

• Experience in developing secure REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

• Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture, RBAC, ABAC, delegated authorization, and identity federation.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

• Strong programming skills in Python, along with experience in Go, Java, or TypeScript.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Experience in designing secure systems that foster innovation rather than limit it.

• Expertise in identity and access management.

• Practical experience with cloud-native architecture and modern authentication frameworks.

• Strong capability to stay updated with emerging AI technologies and evolving identity standards.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across software engineering, security, and AI fields.

• Willingness to take ownership of complex technical challenges and develop elegant, innovative solutions.

🏝️ Benefits

• An opportunity to contribute to high-visibility federal missions.

• A culture that promotes innovation, growth, and teamwork.

• Access to the latest tools and technologies.

• Comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.

• A career trajectory that rewards ambition and performance.