10+ years of software development and delivery experience, with deep hands-on expertise in authentication, authorization, identity, or related security infrastructure
Production experience with OAuth 2.0/2.1, OIDC, token exchange, delegation patterns, or technologies such as RFC 8693 and OBO flows
Practical experience operating authorization servers, token-management infrastructure, or comparable identity systems at scale
Strong understanding of emerging agent identity and authorization patterns, including MCP authentication, A2A, and cross-application access or token-exchange approaches
Experience designing identity systems that federate with enterprise identity providers
Background working with security-conscious or regulated enterprise environments
Demonstrated ability to establish technical direction across multiple engineering teams as an individual contributor
Strong experience influencing through technical proposals, RFCs, design documentation, code, and collaboration
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable working independently within a globally distributed engineering organization
Self-directed, accountable, pragmatic
Preferred: building or operating OAuth 2.1/OIDC authorization infrastructure, working directly with agent-specific identity protocols, contributing to identity or OAuth standards efforts, previous Staff/Principal-level IC responsibilities
Conditions
U.S. base salary range of $220,000–$260,000
Remote work opportunity for candidates in Canada
High-autonomy Staff-level individual contributor role
Opportunity to work on emerging identity, authorization, and agentic AI infrastructure
People-first culture centered on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness
Access to modern AI tools and a budget to support their practical use
Opportunities to mentor engineers and shape technical practices