Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer

Prosper Marketplace

Sr. IAM Engineer enhancing security automation at Prosper's fintech platform.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $152,000 - $169,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Automate Identity Lifecycles: Design, build, and maintain low-friction automated identity and lifecycle management solutions natively within Okta Workflows and Lumos.
Embed Identity-as-Code: Take ownership of programmatic identity configurations using Terraform, integrating access policies and group memberships directly into GitHub-driven CI/CD pipelines.
Translate Complexity into Action: Act as a creative problem solver, partnering across Information Security, GRC, and core engineering teams to translate complex technical and regulatory requirements into structured quarterly objective tasks.
Enforce Security by Design (SbD): Apply continuous Security by Design principles across our primary directories and access points, ensuring identity boundaries align with regulatory frameworks like PCI-DSS, SOC, and NIST.
Secure & Govern Collaboration Tools: Implement and scale robust RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) and ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control) frameworks using modern standards (OAuth, SWA, SAML, JIT).
Empower Emerging Tech: Securely evaluate and integrate cutting-edge, AI-first developer tools and environments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of hands-on experience in information security, cloud operations, or identity engineering, operating within a highly regulated fintech or financial services environment.
Deep structural understanding and practical experience defining, implementing, and maintaining RBAC and ABAC frameworks for comprehensive identity governance.
Active Okta certification (Okta Certified Professional or Okta Certified Administrator) with deep, practical knowledge of managing Okta enterprise platforms, Workflows, and core integration patterns (SCIM, JIT, OAuth, SWA).
Proficiency writing declarative cloud configurations in Terraform, with a clear understanding of branching and deployment strategies in GitHub.
Familiarity with modern deployment lifecycles and CI/CD automated pipeline workflows.
Strong administrative comfort and integration depth spanning enterprise directory systems.
A creative, problem-solving mindset with a demonstrated ability to break high-level projects down into clear, manageable milestone driven tasks.
Familiarity or curiosity surrounding AI agents and productivity tooling, aligning with an approach to secure, forward-thinking AI adoption.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to explain identity risk clearly and coordinate solutions transparently across cross-functional groups.

Benefits

Comp & perks

bonus
generous benefits

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

identity lifecycle managementTerraformRBACABACOktaCI/CDOAuthSWASAMLSCIM

Soft Skills

creative problem solvingcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillstranslating complexity into actionmilestone driven task managementadministrative comfortintegration depth

Certifications

Okta Certified ProfessionalOkta Certified Administrator