Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Identity

Temporal Technologies

Senior Software Engineer designing and operating identity access systems for Temporal Cloud. Building secure authentication for customers and workloads while collaborating with various teams.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $212,000 - $237,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaPythonRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and improve core parts of Temporal Cloud's identity platform — authentication (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SAML), authorization (RBAC and policy-based access), and workload identity — so customers and workloads can authenticate securely
Help keep the auth path fast and reliable to meet Temporal Cloud's SLOs through caching, token handling, and revocation strategies
Integrate with enterprise identity providers (Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace) and support user provisioning (SCIM), with attention to common identity threats such as token replay and privilege escalation
Partner with Security, Product, and platform teams to ship secure-by-default patterns and contribute to IAM lifecycle and audit practices
Write clear architecture and design docs, and contribute to the team's technical direction

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid hands-on experience building and operating production identity or auth systems — OAuth 2.0/OIDC, SAML, JWT, and token/key rotation
Good understanding of authorization models (RBAC, ABAC); familiarity with policy engines like OPA, Cedar, or OpenFGA is a plus
Experience operating distributed systems in production, including some on-call responsibility
Proficiency in Go; experience with Python, Java, or Rust is a plus
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across security, product, and engineering teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

OAuth 2.0OIDCSAMLRBACpolicy-based accessJWTtoken/key rotationGoPythonJava

Soft Skills

strong communication skillscollaboration