[Hiring] Senior Staff Software Design Engineer (IAM, Auth) @Temporal Technologies

The Cloud Platform team is a vital component of the Temporal Cloud offering, responsible for Authentication, Identity and Access Management, Metering, Data management, Scalability, and the Control Plane. Additionally, the team oversees various internal services. The primary focus revolves around four key pillars: Reliability, ensuring system stability; Scalability, accommodating a growing customer base; Velocity, maintaining rapid software development; and Growth, preparing for expansion. These principles guide the efforts to deliver secure, efficient, and dependable services to both internal and external stakeholders in a complex, rapidly evolving environment.

 

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• Lead the design and architecture of user management, SCIM, OIDC, RBAC, IAM, AuthN/Z systems to support the company's growing needs.
• Design and implement authentication and authorization mechanisms that align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Define and implement Identity and Access Management strategies, including identity lifecycle management, access governance, and compliance.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and advancements in the identity space, evaluate their potential impact on our products, and contribute to formulating technical strategies and roadmaps.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Senior and Junior engineers, and contribute to the growth of the engineering team.
• Engage with key customers to help understand their requirements and enable their business.
• Develop effective partnerships between Temporal leadership, engineering, and product teams.
• Maintain detailed documentation of system architecture, configurations, and procedures.
• Partner with Security to build ‘secure by default’ systems.

• Industry experience of 10+ years with 4+ years of identity domain experience in designing and developing user management, SCIM, OIDC, RBAC, IAM, Auth(n), and Auth(z) systems.
• You have a good understanding of identity protocols and standards.
• Strong grasp of secure coding practices, API security & token management.
• Operational experience in large-scale distributed systems
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Golang, Python, Java & Kotlin for system development.
• Excellent communication skills to interact effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

• Experience with API design in functional languages
• Understanding of security concerns in multi-tenant systems
• Interest in open source contribution