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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading technical execution for authentication platforms, with a strong focus on architecture, design, and hands-on engineering leadership. Proficient in managing distributed teams and delivering secure, scalable, multi-tenant SaaS solutions while ensuring compliance and performance standards.
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Node.js MicroservicesAuthentication PlatformsOAuth 2.0Multi-Factor AuthenticationAWS Cloud Security
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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringArchitecture DesignCode ReviewsAutomated TestingIncident ResponseSecure Software DevelopmentToken Lifecycle ManagementAPI DesignCI/CD PracticesPerformance Optimization
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipCollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunicationTeam Management
Tools & Technologies
KubernetesDockerAWSGCPAzureOktaPingActive DirectoryLDAPSCIM
Industry Keywords
Identity FederationSession ManagementRBACABACSaaS PlatformsHigh Availability ServicesSecurity ComplianceRoot-Cause AnalysisPerformance ConsiderationsDistributed Systems
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsTypeScriptGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead technical execution across the Authentication Platform
- Guide architecture and design for authentication flows, identity federation, session and token services, and integrations
- Partner with Product to shape requirements, clarify trade-offs, sequence work, and create engineering plans
- Own delivery across passwordless login, MFA, SSO, and customer integrations
- Participate in design discussions, code reviews, debugging, and technical problem-solving
- Contribute directly to the codebase when needed to validate approaches, unblock efforts, or resolve production issues
- Establish standards for design review, code quality, testing, performance, security, compliance, and release decisions
- Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for authentication services
- Drive engineering decisions across Node.js microservices, identity protocols, cloud SaaS, Kubernetes, AWS, observability, performance, and resilience
- Provide daily technical direction, remove obstacles, and facilitate delivery discussions for a distributed team of 4–6 engineers in India
- Collaborate with Product, QA, Security, and engineering peers
- Report to the SVP of Engineering and Chief Architect
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including recent experience guiding technical delivery and engineering teams in a hands-on capacity
- Experience building or operating authentication, SSO, or IAM platforms in production
- Hands-on technical leadership through architecture, code reviews, debugging, technical decision-making, and direct contribution
- Experience organizing engineering work, identifying dependencies and risks, unblocking teams, and delivering quality capabilities predictably
- Experience with design and code reviews, automated testing, observability, incident response, root-cause analysis, and release readiness for high availability services
- Practical understanding of secure software development, threat modeling, data boundaries, platform security, and performance considerations in enterprise SaaS
- Ability to work effectively across US and India-based teams
- Willingness to work from Edison, NJ three days per week and maintain meaningful working overlap with the India-based Auth engineering team
- Deep, practical experience with Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Working knowledge of Java and Go is secondary but not mandatory
- Strong working knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, FIDO2/WebAuthn, passkeys, JWT, token lifecycle management, and NIST 800-63B authenticator assurance levels
- Experience with passwordless and multi-factor authentication, session management, adaptive/risk-based authentication, and RBAC/ABAC authorization models
- Familiarity with LDAP, Active Directory, Entra ID, SCIM, Okta, Ping, and Microsoft identity integrations
- Practical understanding of PKI, certificates, key management, signing, encryption, and secure secrets handling
- Strong experience with microservices, service-oriented architecture, API design, inter-service communication, resiliency, scalability, and performance
- Demonstrated experience building and operating secure, scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Strong working knowledge of AWS, with experience in GCP and Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud security, monitoring, reliability, and troubleshooting
- Experience with CI/CD, automated build, testing, deployment, and rollback practices
- Experience diagnosing and improving latency, throughput, scalability, and reliability in high-volume distributed systems
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO Policy
- Collaborative, fast-paced culture where your impact is immediate and visible
- Opportunity to build and lead a critical function at a high-growth Series B startup