Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Authentication Platform

What you'll do

• Set strategy and provide technical leadership for authentication services and protocols, ensuring they scale and meet reliability needs.
• Partner with security architects to apply Zero Trust and least-privilege principles; coach engineers on system design, architecture, and security.
• Integrate AI tools into development workflows and guide engineers in reviewing AI-generated code and outputs.

What they ask for

• 13+ years of software engineering experience, including 3-5 years leading teams in high-pressure, infrastructure-centric environments.
• Proven expertise in Kerberos and identity protocols such as SAML, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and LDAP.
• Experience managing high-throughput, high-availability systems in public cloud (AWS/GCP) or hybrid environments.
• Hands-on proficiency with AI development tools and technical expertise to assess AI-generated outputs; experience evaluating candidates on prompting, AI-output evaluation, and multi-agent workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience building or maintaining enterprise-grade Identity Providers (IdP) or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) platforms.
• Understanding of HSMs, PKI, secure credential storage, compliance requirements, or high-visibility service on-call rotations.

Pay

USD $172,500 - $260,100 annually (base salary)

Tools

Kerberos, LDAP, WebAuthn/FIDO2, TOTP, SAML, OpenID Connect (OIDC), AWS/GCP, Java

AI focus

Leads the integration and use of AI development tools in engineering workflows, coaches engineers to assess AI-generated code, and evaluates candidates’ prompting, AI-output evaluation, and multi-agent workflow skills.