# Staff Engineer, Identity

**Company:** [Postman](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/postman)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $245k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** SAML, SCIM, SSO, OAuth, Fido, Java, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, C++
**Posted:** 2026-02-04

> Staff Engineer leading Postman's Identity platform architecture, roadmap, and tier 0 services. Requires 10+ years backend experience, identity standards expertise (OAuth, SAML), Master's degree, and hands-on leadership.

## Job Description

## The Opportunity

Build the next generation of Postman's Identity platform. Set the vision for long-term architecture, own strategy, technical roadmap, and critical KPIs like availability and uptime. Design, implement, and run tier 0 services while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating cross-functionally.

## What You'll Do

### Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership for architecture of highly secure, scalable, reliable systems for millions of developers
- Identify dependencies, review designs for consistency and business support
- Lead delivery on multiple projects with stakeholders
- Build operational excellence with observability, scale, performance focus
- Be hands-on and lead by example

### Prioritization and Roadmap
- Partner with Sr. EMs and product leaders
- Help prioritize work and create balanced roadmap

### Collaboration
- Work with senior leadership on org design, roadmap, strategy
- Collaborate cross-functionally for goals and impact

### Mentorship
- Mentor senior engineers
- Build next level of engineering leadership

## About You
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong experience with identity standards (SAML, SCIM, SSO, OAuth, FIDO)
- 10+ years hands-on coding (C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS)
- 10+ years building end-to-end backend services
- Experience leading cross-functional projects with business impact
- Exceptional problem solving, design, analytical skills
- Experience designing highly scalable systems

**Compensation**: $245,250 - $300,000 plus equity.

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