Staff Software Development Engineer - Remote

Overview

BeyondTrust is a place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work that you do, creating a safer world through our cyber security SaaS portfolio.

Our culture of flexibility, trust, and continual learning means you will be recognized for your growth, and for the impact you make on our success. You will be surrounded by people who challenge, support, and inspire you to be the best version of yourself.

In Short

• Lead the evolution of authentication services, ensuring security, scalability, and compliance with industry standards.
• Architect and implement authentication capabilities, including OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, MFA, JWT-based authentication, and session management.
• Partner with security teams to define and enforce authentication best practices, aligning with Zero Trust principles.
• Ensure seamless integration with third-party identity providers, directory services, and federated authentication frameworks.
• Enhance authentication observability, monitoring, and logging to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.
• Mentor and coach engineers, promoting best practices in authentication, security, and cloud-native development.
• Drive modernization efforts, balancing custom authentication needs with strategic integrations to improve security and developer experience.
• Contribute to platform-wide initiatives, collaborating with teams across BeyondTrust to align authentication strategies with business goals.

Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience delivering and supporting enterprise-ready cloud-based systems.
• Proven track record of leading cross-team projects in authentication, identity management, or security engineering.
• Deep understanding of authentication protocols (OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT, WebAuthn, FIDO2).
• Experience designing and integrating authentication services in a SaaS or cloud-native environment.
• Strong programming skills in C#, TypeScript, Go, Java, or other modern languages, with experience in API development and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with cloud IAM services (AWS IAM, Azure AD, Google Identity) and directory services (LDAP, SCIM).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and managing authentication infrastructure.
• Knowledge of security best practices, including encryption, secure token management, and authentication flows.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity while driving technical direction.
• Prior experience leading authentication modernization efforts or implementing third-party identity provider integrations.

Benefits

• A culture of flexibility, trust, and continual learning.
• Recognition for your growth and the impact on the company's success.
• Opportunities to solve complex identity challenges at scale.
• Collaboration with teams across the organization.
• Supportive environment that encourages mentoring and knowledge sharing.