Senior Software Engineer, Identity Security

Salesforce

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CAAtlanta, GASeattle, WABellevue, WA
Salary: $172,500–$260,100 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Identity Security

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The Senior Software Engineer, Identity Security joins Slack's Identity Security team to build identity and access controls protecting infrastructure and AI agents. In this role, you will design and build services, ship features, and develop automation to remove manual steps from access management. You will work on identity and access management services on AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring operational reliability through monitoring and alerting. Key responsibilities include extending agentic identity controls for AI agents and collaborating cross-functionally on shared APIs. The role requires proficiency in Python or Go, experience with AWS, and knowledge of distributed systems concepts like service architecture and data stores. You must understand security fundamentals and secure software development practices to solve complex authentication and authorization problems within the Slack ecosystem.

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Skills

AWS Kubernetes Python Go Distributed Systems APIs Service Architecture Identity and Access Management Security Fundamentals Secure Software Development Monitoring Alerting SLOs

What you'll do

Develop and maintain identity and access management services on AWS and Kubernetes.
Build and improve controls governing how AI agents authenticate and operate within Slack systems.
Design and build APIs and systems to automate manual access management steps.
Ensure operational reliability through monitoring, alerting, and meeting service level objectives.
Participate in regular code and design reviews to maintain high-quality engineering standards.
Partner with cross-functional teams to develop shared services and infrastructure APIs.
Write durable and clear technical documentation for engineering teammates and users.

What we're looking for

5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production backend systems.
Proficiency in a high-level programming language such as Python or Go.
Hands-on experience with AWS, including deploying and operating services in a cloud environment.
Working knowledge of distributed systems concepts including APIs, service architecture, and data stores.
Solid understanding of security fundamentals and secure software development practices.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to explain technical tradeoffs and write clear documentation.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience with authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, or access governance (preferred).
Previous experience with deploying and managing workloads in Kubernetes (preferred).