Senior Software Engineer, Identity

Scale AI
San Francisco, New York, Washington
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 216,000 - 270,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Independent ownership"]

Design and build core identity infrastructure that enables secure authentication and authorization across enterprise systems. Develop authentication flows (SSO, MFA, SAML/OAuth/OIDC) and authorization models (ReBAC, ABAC, RBAC), plus identity governance policies aligned with security and compliance standards. Present technical guidance to stakeholders while building in distributed systems and public cloud environments, with hands-on work across modern authorization frameworks and IAM controls.

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Scale AI
Scale AI
2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Identity

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Job Summary

Design and build core identity infrastructure that enables secure authentication and authorization across enterprise systems. Develop authentication flows (SSO, MFA, SAML/OAuth/OIDC) and authorization models (ReBAC, ABAC, RBAC), plus identity governance policies aligned with security and compliance standards. Present technical guidance to stakeholders while building in distributed systems and public cloud environments, with hands-on work across modern authorization frameworks and IAM controls.
Location: San Francisco, New York, Washington
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive design and implementation of identity infrastructure for secure authentication and authorization across enterprise systems.
  • •Build authentication software for SSO, MFA, and federated identity solutions (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect).
  • •Build authorization software for ReBAC, ABAC, and RBAC mechanisms.
  • •Create software-defined identity governance policies aligned to security policies and industry regulations (e.g., NIST, SOC2, ISO 27001).
  • •Present technical information and guidance on identity management and best practices to teams and stakeholders.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 216,000 - 270,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirement BenefitsLearning BudgetPaid LeaveCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of full-time engineering experience, with post-graduation specialties in infrastructure and identity systems.
  • •Infrastructure expertise including IAM controls and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi), plus microservice deployment best practices.
  • •Hands-on experience with authorization frameworks such as OpenFGA, Authzed, Cedar, or Topaz at scale.
  • •Strong understanding of Zanzibar-based ReBAC models, relationship tuples, and access control evaluation.
  • •Strong knowledge of authentication standards including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and JWT, plus IdP solutions like EntraID and Okta.
Experience:5+ yearsIdentity and access managementDistributed systemsInfrastructure as codeAuthorization frameworks
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationIndependent ownership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:OpenFGAAuthzedCedarTopazZanzibarTerraformPulumiOAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLJWTEntraIDOktaSSOMFAOAuthOpenID ConnectReBACABACRBAC

Company Brief

Scale AI
Provides data labeling, annotation, and infrastructure services to accelerate machine learning and AI development. Supplies high-quality training data, tooling, and APIs for customers in autonomous vehicles, mapping, robotics, and enterprise AI applications.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2016
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