Job Description

CIAM & Web Security SME (Auth. systems)

Location: Boston, MA

Duration: Long-term

Position Summary:

The Senior Software Engineer is a technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining secure, high-performance software systems. This role combines hands-on development with architectural guidance, mentorship, and operational excellence. The engineer will drive technical initiatives, shape CIAM/AuthN/AuthZ systems, and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, resilient solutions aligned with long-term business strategy.

Must-Have Requirements

1. Technical Mastery: Extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable server-side applications using Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, Python, and modern frameworks.
2. Cloud Architecture: Proven expertise in building, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications on Azure (APIM, Gateway, AKS, Functions, App Service, Observability, Key Vault).
3. Security Protocols: Deep understanding of security best practices, including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, SSO, MTLS, WAF, identity management, and session management.
4. DevOps & CI/CD: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes & ArgoCD).
5. IAM Expertise: Significant background in IAM, including single sign-on, PKI, PSD2 SCA, and possession-based authentication. Experience with Webseal, Okta, PingIdentity, Microsoft EntraID, or AWS IAM. Ability to troubleshoot CIAM issues.
6. Database Skills: Strong proficiency in identity and demographic data stores - SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake) databases.
7. Performance Optimization: Demonstrated ability to tune and optimize application performance in distributed cloud environments; familiarity with monitoring tools like newRelic or Dynatrace.
8. Collaboration: Proven track record of working with cross-functional teams (infrastructure, securityOps, product, architects, DevOps, security, QA).
9. Mentorship: Experience leading code reviews, technical mentorship, and team knowledge sharing.

Should-Have Requirements

• API Design: Experience architecting and building RESTful and GraphQL APIs, ensuring security, performance and efficiency.
• Event-Driven Systems: Ability to design and implement event-driven and distributed systems for large-scale data processing and real-time workflows.
• ETL & Data Modeling: Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries and ETL pipelines for analytics support.
• Infrastructure as Code: Familiarity with OpenTofu/Terraform and infrastructure automation practices.
• Testing Methodologies: Champion BDD/TDD methodologies for system reliability and maintainability.
• Production Monitoring: Proactive monitoring of production systems for high availability and fast incident resolution.
• Security assessment: Participate in threat modeling, security assessments, and code reviews to identify and remediate potential security vulnerabilities. Auditing needs, working with security teams and transform it to application requirements.

General Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience: 10+ years in software development, with at least 4 years in a senior or lead engineering role.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in Java, Javascript / Node.js, and/or C++.
• Secure SDLC Knowledge: Deep understanding of the systems integration, software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to engage with business stakeholders.

Recommended Qualifications

1. Leadership: Experience influencing technical direction, mentoring junior engineers, and driving engineering standards.
2. Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance immediate business needs with long-term technical scalability and innovation.
3. Industry Certifications: Relevant certifications in identity management, cloud, security, or software architecture (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, CISSP, CIAM and privacy industry certifications).
4. Business Acumen: Understanding of business value, cost implications, and strategic impact of technical decisions.
5. Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying current with technology trends, best practices, and emerging tools.

"Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law."

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