Software Engineer, Identity at Scale AI
San Francisco, CA
$216,000–$270,000
Jul 1, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a platform engineering team and focuses on building and maintaining identity infrastructure — covering authentication protocols such as SSO, MFA, and federated standards, as well as authorization models including ReBAC, ABAC, and RBAC. The work involves infrastructure-as-code tooling, distributed systems on public cloud, and collaboration with security and compliance teams. It suits an engineer with a strong background in IAM systems and authorization frameworks.
Senior level · 4+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $216,000–$270,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 300 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 60–440
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job title carries no seniority level ('Software Engineer, Identity Platform' or similar); the level advertised in the title is therefore Unspecified, though the 4+ years requirement and scope of ownership support a Senior classification.
The compensation range ($216,000–$270,000) is explicitly stated for San Francisco, New York, and Seattle; the posting notes the actual figure will depend on work location, so the range may span multiple career levels.
The primary SOC is 15-1252 (Software Developers) because the role centers on designing and building identity infrastructure and authorization systems. 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) is a plausible runner-up given the heavy IAM, compliance, and governance emphasis, but the engineering/development framing dominates.
All skills under 'Ideally you'd have' are treated as hard gates: the section functions as the primary requirements block despite its hedged phrasing ('Ideally'), and the skills are stated with firm language ('strong understanding', 'strong knowledge', 'extensive experience').
Multi-cloud experience (Azure, GCP) and IAM integration with Java/Python/Node.js/.NET are listed under 'Nice to haves' and are marked preferred accordingly.
AWS is listed as 'preferred' within the requirements block ('public cloud platforms (AWS preferred)'), but cloud platform experience itself is stated as a hard requirement; AWS is retained as the required/preferred flag with Azure/GCP as alternatives.
Zanzibar-based ReBAC model knowledge is captured under the 'ReBAC' skill; the Zanzibar reference is an architectural context rather than a separate named tool.
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