Experience: Minimum 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in Staff role focused on large-scale SaaS
Education: BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it
Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear
While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work
We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the evolution of our global, multi-tenant SaaS platform. You will be responsible for the design and implementation of services that power millions of identities, ensuring scalability, and high-velocity delivery
Java & Spring Boot: Deep expertise in building high-scale microservices, including connection pooling, JVM tuning, asynchronous programming, cache management (including tenant-aware caching), and REST API design
Apache Kafka: Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, including consumer groups, partitioning strategies, tenant fan-out, event sourcing patterns, and exactly-once processing
Data Technologies: Hands-on experience with LDAP and OpenSearch for large-scale identity and search workloads
Cloud Platforms: Strong experience designing and operating applications on AWS, leveraging cloud-native services and infrastructure
Frontend: Working knowledge of React.js for building or contributing to modern web applications
Distributed Systems: Experience designing resilient, highly available, multi-tenant distributed systems with strong observability and operational excellence
Identity and Access Management (IAM), including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM provisioning, and SAML federation
Identity lifecycle management, including provisioning, synchronization, and governance concepts
Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment patterns
Experience building enterprise SaaS platforms serving large-scale customers with stringent security and compliance requirements