Staff Software Engineer - Wallet/Authentication Platform

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Vision

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for authentication platform services
• Identify systemic challenges, architectural risks, and strategic opportunities
• Author architecture proposals, lead design reviews, and own critical technical decisions

Cross-Team Influence

• Partner with Platform, Security, Identity, Product, and adjacent engineering teams
• Align on authentication standards, shared infrastructure, and cross-cutting concerns
• Represent the team's technical perspective in org-level planning and architectural forums

Systems Design & Architecture

• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of complex authentication features: sign-in flows, MFA, federation, account lifecycle management
• Balance security, scale, and developer ergonomics

Security & Risk Engineering

• Define the team's approach to auth security: threat modeling, credential protection, session management, abuse mitigation, and real-time risk signal integration
• Champion security as a first-class engineering discipline

Engineering Excellence

• Set the standard for code quality, testing, observability, and incident response
• Drive technical debt reduction and platform reliability improvements
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design critiques, and pairing

AI-Augmented Development

• Model and champion AI-first engineering practices using tools like Claude Code and Cursor
• Help the broader team adopt AI-assisted workflows

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, with demonstrated impact at a senior or staff level
• 5+ years of experience in backend services engineering, with strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
• 1+ years experience with AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) with at least one year of daily use

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in authentication and identity protocols: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML 2.0, FIDO2/WebAuthn
• Proven ability to lead large-scale technical initiatives from design through production
• Experience designing, building, or operating an Identity Provider (IdP) or IAM platform at scale
• Familiarity with government identity and security frameworks: NIST SP 800-63 (IAL/AAL), FedRAMP, or Kantara Initiative accreditation
• Experience with federation, SSO, and enterprise identity integration patterns (SCIM, XACML, LDAP/Active Directory)
• Strong background in auth security engineering: threat modeling, credential attack mitigation, account takeover prevention, rate limiting, session security
• Experience with React or modern frontend frameworks in the context of authentication UX
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers and driving improvements to engineering culture
• Startup or high-growth company experience with strong bias toward ownership and execution

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts
• Basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match
• Parental leave, unlimited paid time off, 8 company holidays
• Short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance
• Referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program
• Wellbeing and childcare discounts, learning and development benefit