Lambda

Senior Software Engineer – IAM

Lambda

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California, Washington

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Salary

💰 $230,000 - $395,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonTerraform

About the role

  • We're here to help the smartest minds on the planet build Superintelligence; Lambda builds deep-learning cloud infrastructure
  • Help define and deliver Lambda’s next-generation Identity and Access Management platform
  • Power secure, intuitive, and scalable access control for customers ranging from early-stage startups to superintelligent AI teams
  • Design IAM systems that anticipate the needs of highly technical users who will stress-test every workflow, integration, and permission model
  • Lead the design and implementation of Workspaces, enterprise-grade RBAC, MFA enhancements, and a unified identity platform across Lambda products and services
  • Design and build intuitive, beautiful web interfaces for ML/AI cloud users
  • Integrate top-tier tooling, workflows, and models from the AI space
  • Own features end-to-end—from design to deployment to monitoring

Requirements

  • 8+ years of backend or platform engineering experience
  • 3+ years leading IAM or authentication/authorization initiatives
  • Authentication: OIDC, OAuth2, SAML
  • Authorization: RBAC, ABAC, fine-grained permissions
  • MFA and advanced authentication factors
  • SCIM and identity lifecycle management
  • Experience integrating and customizing third-party identity platforms (Auth0, Okta, WorkOS) at scale
  • Strong architecture and systems design skills for distributed, multi-tenant SaaS environments
  • Proven track record of delivering IAM features in security-sensitive, high-uptime environments
  • Solid programming experience in Python, Go, or similar languages
  • Comfort with IaC (Terraform, Atlantis, Crossplane)
  • Nice-to-haves: Experience designing IAM for ML/AI or cloud infrastructure products
  • Nice-to-haves: Hands-on experience with enterprise onboarding flows
  • Nice-to-haves: Prior work on multi-cloud or hybrid identity solutions (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Nice-to-haves: Contributions to IAM standards or open-source identity projects
  • Nice-to-haves: Leadership or mentorship experience
  • Nice-to-haves: Strong academic background (EECS, Math, Software Engineering, Physics)