Senior Systems Engineer, Identity & Access Management

Cloudflare, Inc

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Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

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TL;DR · Senior Systems Engineer, Identity & Access Management

As a Senior Systems Engineer, Identity & Access Management, you will join the IAM team to build and evolve high-throughput, low-latency authentication and authorization systems for the company's global control plane. You will be responsible for developing features like login, SSO, OAuth, API tokens, and SCIM provisioning while ensuring system reliability under constant load. The role involves translating security requirements into robust REST APIs and re-architecting legacy codebases into distributed, edge-capable architectures. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Go and TypeScript, experience with PostgreSQL and Redis, and a strong understanding of distributed systems consistency models. You will work with identity protocols such as OIDC, SAML, and RBAC/ABAC while utilizing AI tools for development. The role addresses the critical challenge of securing every API call across a massive global network to ensure authorized access.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build high-throughput, low-latency IAM capabilities for customer-facing and internal service APIs.
  • Evolve authentication and authorization systems into modern, distributed, and edge-capable architectures.
  • Translate product and security requirements into robust technical specifications and well-structured APIs.
  • Maintain system reliability and observability while managing services under constant production load.
  • Utilize AI tools throughout the development workflow for code generation and debugging.
  • Perform thorough code reviews and author technical design documents to ensure engineering excellence.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 5-8 years of experience building and operating production systems at scale.
  • Must possess working knowledge of identity protocols including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and RBAC/ABAC.
  • Must have hands-on experience implementing identity protocols or fine-grained authorization systems in production.
  • Must be proficient in programming languages such as Go and TypeScript.
  • Must have experience designing and building REST APIs including routing, authentication, and versioning.
  • Must have experience with PostgreSQL and Redis for schema design, query optimization, and caching.
  • Must possess strong distributed systems intuition regarding consistency models and event-driven replication.
  • Must be authorized to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws.

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