$150,000 – $275,000
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What this role is
Kong is seeking a senior engineer to lead the architectural design of Kong Identity, a multi-tenant identity platform that handles authentication, authorization, and compliance at enterprise scale. This role suits someone with deep expertise in OAuth 2.0, identity federation, and cryptographic systems who has previously built identity platforms serving millions of daily authentication requests.
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What they ask for
Required
- 7+ years building production identity platforms at identity providers or enterprise software companies
- Expertise in OAuth 2.0 extensions (PKCE, mTLS, JWT bearer assertions, token exchange) and OpenID Connect
- Experience architecting multi-tenant identity platforms with complex isolation and enterprise feature requirements
- Strong background in cryptographic protocols including JWT patterns, key rotation, and HSM integration
- Experience building identity platforms with sophisticated analytics and security event detection at enterprise scale
- Deep understanding of enterprise identity integration patterns (SAML, LDAP/AD, SCIM, custom adapters)
- Proven track record leading technical initiatives in complex, regulated environments
Nice to have
- Post-quantum cryptography considerations
- Penetration testing coordination experience
- Fine-grained permission models for complex organizational structures
- Service mesh identity patterns and workload identity bootstrapping
- Custom grant flows and identity protocol extensions