Staff Solutions Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +17 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as the main technical liaison during partner and enterprise discussions, delving into the details of DNSid architecture, integration methodologies, and security frameworks.

• Manage integrations from start to finish: develop production-quality integration code with partners, establish reference implementations, and lead POCs from demonstration to full deployment.

• Convert partner and customer needs into clear, prioritized insights for the engineering team; assist in shaping the roadmap based on feedback gathered in the field.

• Create and update technical enablement resources: integration guides, quick start documentation, FAQs, and architecture manuals for external developers.

• Lead the technical success with partners: facilitate discovery sessions, ensure architectural alignment, define POC parameters, oversee implementation, and guide the transition from demonstration to deployment.

• Conduct technical workshops and in-depth sessions with partner engineering teams.

• Work alongside product, standards (IETF), and engineering teams to keep partner-facing documentation accurate as specifications and implementations evolve.

• Represent IDIL with credibility in technical forums, standards discussions, and partner escalations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in solutions engineering, solutions architecture, developer platforms, infrastructure, identity, security, or technical partner engineering roles.

• Practical experience integrating with cloud services, identity platforms, and developer ecosystems such as AWS, Okta, or similar IdPs, OAuth/OIDC providers, agent runtimes, orchestration frameworks, SDKs, APIs, and MCP servers.

• Knowledge of emerging agent standards for agent-to-agent (A2A) communication patterns, MCP, and identity/verification standards.

• Strong grasp of identity and authentication principles: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT/JWKS, PKI, TLS, and how they integrate within production systems.

• A hands-on engineer capable of building integrations in Go, Python, or TypeScript/Node and articulating the engineering trade-offs effectively.

• Solid understanding of DNS, including DNSSEC, TXT records, resolution behaviors, and how DNS serves as a foundation for identity and verification processes.

• Exceptional communicator who can navigate discussions with a partner's CISO, their engineering team, and our internal developers effortlessly.

• Comfortable working independently in a dynamic, early-stage environment; able to establish repeatable processes and contribute to the development of the solutions engineering function as the product expands.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across time zones as part of a global organization.

• Willingness to travel as necessary for partner meetings, conferences, and workshops.

🏝️ Benefits

• US team members (along with their spouses, domestic partners, and/or dependent children) receive generously subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance, including company contributions to Health Savings Accounts.

• Employees are also covered by company-paid life and disability insurance, with the option to participate in employee-paid supplemental life, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, and accident insurance.

• Additionally, team members can join the company's 401(k) plan with up to a 5% match.

• Enjoy 15 days of paid vacation annually, increasing to 20 days after one year.

• Furthermore, you will receive 5 days of paid sick leave, 13 paid holidays, and 20 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents, with 12 weeks for others.

• There is also an opportunity for tuition reimbursement for eligible expenses.