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# Staff Software Engineer, IDM Engineering

- **Company:** Ping Identity
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, OAuth, Openid Connect, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Deployment Automation, Restful APIs
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-idm-engineering-ping-identity-2-8769642

## About the Role

We seek a Staff Software Engineer who will be active in developing features and capabilities within our Identity Management product suite. We require a passionate developer who flourishes in a fast-moving, agile environment, has good communications skills, an outstanding ability to translate requirements and designs to functional Java code using agentic modeling, and strong attention to security, quality, testability and performance., * Wide experience designing and developing large scale applications in the Java programming language

 * A strong understanding of HTTP and RESTful web services
 * Strong interpersonal communications skills
 * Exceptional problem-solving skills
 * Familiar with cloud architectures and deployment strategies (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
 * Experience using AI agents such as claude code to plan, validate, and implement functionality
 * The ability to learn quickly and independently, and are capable of gathering information and understanding complex features and environments

You have an advantage if you have:

 * Experience with identity management technologies and protocols (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, certificate & key management, cryptography, etc.)I
 * Understanding of enterprise-scale systems and configurations related to security
 * Experience building performant systems that deploy and execute at scale

## Description

* Design and develop large-scale, single- and multi-tenant, robust, cutting-edge Java-based identity management products
 * Collaborate effectively with the distributed team, with team members in the Portland, OR metro area, Canada, and Europe
 * Analyze and elaborate on requirements with product management and architects to improve the identity platform and develop new features for PingIDM
 * Plan, estimate, and manage development tasks independently and efficiently per business plans
 * Enable successful cloud deployments
 * Work closely with customer-facing support teams to resolve customer issues


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