Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management
$217K–$304K
Remote - United States · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 26, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of backend development experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates Reddit’s workforce identity and access systems, integrations, and governance capabilities.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain IAM platforms and infrastructure, including API integrations and enterprise IGA connectivity.
- Build monitoring, dashboards, and alerting; use identity data to track system availability, license use, and adoption.
- Support compliance and 24x7 operations through documentation, audit reporting, incident troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of backend development experience across multiple layers of the stack.
- In-depth corporate IAM experience covering the full workforce identity lifecycle.
- Ability to design and implement complex distributed systems under high load; proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or TypeScript, with end-to-end code ownership.
- Deep understanding of OAuth, OIDC, and SAML, and hands-on familiarity with enterprise identity solutions such as IGA, MFA, PAM / PIM, JIT, and Directory architectures.
Pay
$217,000 — $303,900 USD base salary
Tools
Go, Python, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes
AI focus
Developing self-service identity management and natural-language explanations of existing systems; some interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI, with an option to opt out.
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