Senior Engineering Manager – Identity Authentication
Lead a software engineering team responsible for modernizing identity and authentication services within a secure, scalable SaaS platform. Balance technical direction, delivery execution, operational reliability, and team development while partnering with product, security, and global engineering
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop an identity and authentication engineering team
- Drive agile delivery of production-ready features while balancing platform health and technical debt
- Guide architectural decisions and review technical designs with domain experts
- Maintain service reliability, production health, automated testing, CI/CD, and incident response standards
- Coach engineers through one-to-ones, career development, and continuous feedback
- Align team objectives with product, security, and engineering stakeholders
- Translate business strategy into clear technical execution plans
- Remove delivery roadblocks and support secure, scalable, resilient cloud services
Requirements
- At least 5 years of direct people-management experience leading software engineering teams in cloud SaaS or microservices environments
- At least 8 years of hands-on software development experience with .NET/C#, Java, Go, or Python
- Strong knowledge of modern cloud architecture, including AWS
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Track record of building, hiring, and retaining strong engineering teams
- Experience driving agile execution, managing timelines, and handling complex technical dependencies
- Strong commitment to engineering quality, system reliability, security by design, and continuous improvement
- Fluent written and spoken English
Nice to have
- Experience with Identity and Access Management, Directory Services, SSO, or Zero Trust platforms
- Experience with AWS, Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK or Terraform, Docker, or Kubernetes
- Experience operating under strict security, compliance, and multi-region SaaS requirements