Distinguished Software Engineer - Identity

Discover Financial
Plano, Richmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 269,100 - 307,200 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Problem decomposition","Technical design oversight","Mentorship","Continuous learning"]

Architect identity and access capabilities for a Zero Trust, highly regulated environment—moving from standing privileges to Just-In-Time access elevation and revocation. Lead policy-as-code efforts (including Open Policy Agent or similar), design an adaptive authorization fabric using multi-dimensional telemetry, and build Identity-as-a-Service with developer-centric APIs. Provide authoritative guidance on performance, scalability, and operability while mentoring engineering teams through technical contributions, designs, and reusable code.

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Distinguished Software Engineer - Identity

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Job Summary

Architect identity and access capabilities for a Zero Trust, highly regulated environment—moving from standing privileges to Just-In-Time access elevation and revocation. Lead policy-as-code efforts (including Open Policy Agent or similar), design an adaptive authorization fabric using multi-dimensional telemetry, and build Identity-as-a-Service with developer-centric APIs. Provide authoritative guidance on performance, scalability, and operability while mentoring engineering teams through technical contributions, designs, and reusable code.
Location: Plano, Richmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for the identity domain.
  • •Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
  • •Ensure quality of technical design and implementation for identity systems.
  • •Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
  • •Mentor and model engineering excellence by coaching technical expertise across teams and sharing knowledge.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 269,100 - 307,200 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree.
  • •At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
  • •At least 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
  • •10+ years of professional experience coding in Java, Python, Go, and/or JavaScript/TypeScript/Swift.
  • •At least 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies and 1+ years of experience with IAM.
Experience:7+ yearsIdentity & access managementIAMZero TrustCloudEnterprise architectureDistributed systemsRegulated environment
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:Technical leadershipProblem decompositionTechnical design oversightMentorshipContinuous learning
Tech Stack:JavaPythonGoJavaScriptTypeScriptSwiftOpen Policy AgentOPAZero TrustIAMCloud

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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