[Hiring] Technical Lead, Backend (Identity Engineering) @Cisco

Role Description

This position is available as remote within the U.S., with a strong preference for the Ann Arbor MI or Austin TX area, and/or areas in the eastern and central time zones.

Duo Security, now part of Cisco, is the leading multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Zero Trust Security solutions provider. We are expanding into the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market, bringing our trusted security expertise to build an IAM Platform. This IAM platform is a powerful, secure orchestration layer atop heterogeneous identity systems that enables customers to bring all their identities into the Cisco ecosystem. It provides a unified identity stack for full identity lifecycle management and enforcement for all human, non-human and agentic identities for Cisco products.

We invite you to join our team to create the systems that are foundational for this Identity Platform. We will be building high-quality user experiences that can scale across the platform. We will be building operational systems and workflows for the end-to-end Identity Customer Lifecycle management.

Your Impact

• Lead architecture and development of entitlements management, provisioning systems and operational workflows for end-to-end Identity Platform customer lifecycle management.
• Provide liaison with US-based Product Management and cross-platform architecture teams.
• Lay the foundation for building scalable user experiences for all Identity Platform users and Identity related workflows.
• Use specialized expertise to interpret internal or external business needs and recommend best practices.
• Solve complex, mission-critical problems and take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions that stand the test of time.
• Influence a defined software engineering roadmap and architectural decisions focusing on security, scalability, and reliability.
• Leverage AI-assisted development to deliver business outcomes.
• Provide expertise in software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies across teams and partners.
• Lead and mentor others, improve technical design of solutions, and advocate for new features addressing customer needs.
• Communicate delivery trade-offs and negotiate with cross-functional partners to align on direction and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master’s plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years’ related experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience coding in Python or other modern languages with asynchronous programming patterns.
• Experience with React and TypeScript including reactive state management, modern build tooling, and component architecture at scale.
• Experience building secure frontend applications and micro-frontends designed for integration into a broader platform.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Experience building REST APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and code generation workflows.
• Experience delivering business outcomes, leveraging AI-assisted development practices.
• Experience delivering quality software through automated testing, continuous delivery, and agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of authentication and identity protocols: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, WebAuthn/FIDO2, mTLS.
• Solid understanding of security best practices in web development.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Paid time away including 10 paid holidays, floating holiday, and personal wellness days.
• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.