This position is listed on behalf of a partner company managing all applications and next steps.
The partner is looking for a Staff Product Engineer, Agentic Identity & Governance, AI Platform based in Canada.
Responsibilities
Own the technical direction for authentication (AuthN), authorization (AuthZ), and on-behalf-of (OBO) access across the agentic data platform and cloud platform.
Evaluate emerging identity and authorization patterns and determine which approaches should be adopted, adapted, or deliberately avoided.
Design, build, and ship production systems supporting OAuth 2.1 authorization, token management, delegated tool access, and cryptographic delegation models.
Develop mechanisms that allow AI agents to act on behalf of humans or other agents while maintaining a provable and auditable chain of authority.
Build identity-federation capabilities that integrate effectively with enterprise identity providers such as Okta, Microsoft Entra, Ping, and similar platforms.
Ensure identity and authorization architecture meets the requirements of security-conscious enterprise customers.
Partner closely with engineering, security, product, and other cross-functional teams to validate technical decisions against real-world customer requirements.
Represent the organization's technical perspective on agent identity through customer security discussions, technical documentation, and relevant industry or standards initiatives.
Drive initiatives through production delivery, with success measured by reliable, scalable systems shipped to customers.
Influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams without relying on formal reporting authority.
Mentor engineers across the agentic data and cloud platform teams on identity, access management, authorization, and delegation concepts.
Identify systemic technical challenges and communicate risks, impediments, mitigation plans, and contingency strategies to engineering leadership.
Participate in strategic technical discussions with senior engineering peers and directors to help shape the broader engineering environment.
Track progress and proactively communicate the status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes of initiatives under your ownership.
Requirements
10+ years of software development and delivery experience, including deep hands-on expertise in authentication, authorization, identity, or access-management systems.
Production experience with OAuth 2.0/2.1, OIDC, token exchange, delegation patterns, or related identity protocols.
Practical experience operating authorization servers, token-management infrastructure, or comparable identity systems at scale.
Strong understanding of token exchange and on-behalf-of patterns, including standards such as RFC 8693.
Current knowledge of emerging agent identity and authorization approaches, including MCP authentication, A2A, cross-application access, and related token-exchange patterns.
Ability to make sound technical decisions in areas where industry standards and best practices are still evolving.
Experience designing identity systems that federate with, rather than replace, enterprise identity providers such as Okta, Microsoft Entra, Ping, or similar technologies.
Demonstrated Staff- or Principal-level individual contributor experience driving technical direction across multiple teams or engineering organizations.
Strong ability to lead through influence using technical proposals, RFCs, architecture discussions, code, and direct collaboration.
Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams and collaborating effectively in open, GitHub-based development environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex identity and delegation concepts to engineers, security professionals, and customers with varying technical backgrounds.
Strong ownership, accountability, self-direction, and execution skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment where priorities, technologies, and industry standards evolve rapidly.
Direct experience with agent-specific identity or delegation protocols is highly valuable.
Experience contributing to or closely following relevant identity, OAuth, or agent-authorization standards bodies and working groups is an advantage.
Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive enterprise environments is a plus.
Prior experience influencing technical direction across multiple engineering organizations is strongly valued.
Conditions
Competitive U.S. base salary range of $220,000–$260,000, with the specific range determined by location, role level, experience, skills, education, and training.
Fully remote work opportunity for candidates based in Canada.