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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - Identity for AI - **Company:** Ping Identity - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $151,277.0 - $185,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, User Authentication, Databases, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, Ping (Networking Utility), Openid Connect, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Virtual Agents, Restful APIs, Docker - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-staff-software-engineer-identity-for-ai-ping-identity-2-8787302 ## About the Role * Ability to design, build, test, and operate production services using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes, together with the desire to broaden your expertise * Ability to use AI engineering tools to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while applying sound engineering judgment * Experience building distributed systems, platform capabilities, internal developer platforms, or shared product infrastructure * Strong experience designing APIs, RESTful services, service boundaries, integration contracts, and data or domain models * Experience turning ambiguous ideas into technical direction, prototypes, and production-ready solutions * Experience with authentication, authorisation, and identity management * Ability to communicate technical direction clearly, mentor other engineers, and coordinate work across teams and time zones, * Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, token exchange, policy systems, delegated administration, or identity data modelling * Experience with AI agent identity and non-human identity * Familiarity with MCP, agent skills, and other agent integration concepts * Experience working across multiple codebases, teams, or product areas to ship cohesive outcomes * Experience with distributed systems at scale * Experience working as part of an international team * Experience balancing short-term product delivery with longer-term platform architecture * Experience writing technical designs, PoCs, and decision-support material for leadership and partner teams ## Description This role sits within Ping's Platform Engineering team, which delivers capabilities and design work that span the Ping platform. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you'll help define and build Ping's Identity for AI offerings to identify, secure, and govern AI agents. You'll take emerging ideas from research and experimentation through design and delivery, working across products, services, APIs, models, and user experiences. The role requires broad software development experience, strong systems thinking, creative problem-solving, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional, and global environment. You'll also use modern AI tooling as a practical part of the engineering workflow to accelerate discovery and delivery while applying sound engineering judgment. This is an opportunity to help define how the software industry approaches identity and security for AI agents. You Will * Deliver IAM (Identity & Access Management) capabilities across the Ping platform encompassing the whole stack from infrastructure and databases through to UI experiences * Define and evolve common APIs, models, workflows, orchestration surfaces, and services that enable platform-level capabilities * Research, prototype, and deliver features in emerging areas such as Identity for AI and AI-first platform experiences * Work closely with product management, UX, and engineering teams across Ping to refine features and designs to deliver elegant, usable, and scalable outcomes for customers * Participate in development life cycle activities such as design, coding, testing, rollout, and production support * Use modern AI tooling such as Claude Code as part of day-to-day engineering work to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while maintaining strong engineering judgment * Show strong communication skills, provide effective mentorship, and set a strong example for other engineers * Thrive in a rapidly changing environment, continuously adapting to evolving customer needs, technology trends, and new ways of working ## Related Videos - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Delay the AI Overlords: How OAuth and OpenFGA Can Keep Your AI Agents from Going Rogue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1637-delay-the-ai-overlords-how-oauth-and-openfga-can-keep-your-ai-agents-from-going-rogue) - [The AI-Native Engineering Org: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100004-the-ai-native-engineering-org-what-s-real-what-s-hype-what-s-next) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What is Agentic Programming and Why Should Developers Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/625-what-is-agentic-programming-and-why-should-developers-care) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Transforming Software Development: The Role of AI and Developer Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/527-transforming-software-development-the-role-of-ai-and-developer-tools) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)