via Ashby
$190K - 250K a year
Lead development of a centralized identity and access platform while managing and mentoring engineers and contributing to architecture, code reviews, and cross-functional planning.
Requires 7 to 12 years of software engineering experience, at least 3 years in management, deep identity and access management expertise, an active security clearance, and a bachelor's degree.
About the Role Lead the development of a centralized, modular identity and access platform for a defense technology company. This player-coach role will shape authentication, authorization, and access management across multiple products while building out the team. What You'll Do Set strategy and deliver a centralized, modular authentication service. Scale identity and access capabilities consistently across products and customers. Stay hands-on with code reviews, architecture design, and system design. Manage and mentor engineers, beginning with one direct report, and hire to grow the team. Partner with platform and security leadership on priorities. What We're Looking For 7 to 12 years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years managing engineers with direct reports. Production experience building or leading identity and access systems, such as authentication, authorization, IAM, or access control services. Hands-on experience with authentication, authorization, or IAM, including in management roles. Experience with OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SAML, SCIM, RBAC/ABAC, policy engines, and distributed systems. Experience with AWS GovCloud or authentication in AWS GovCloud is relevant. Ability to contribute to code review and architecture or system design for about 30% of the week. A degree and an active security clearance. Based in the United States and authorized to work without visa sponsorship. Compensation & Benefits Base salary is $190,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. Location Remote within the United States.
This job posting was last updated on 11/12/2026