Staff Security Engineer (Identity & Access Governance)

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Slack's Security Engineering team is seeking an accomplished Staff Software Engineer to architect the future of our internal identity and access fabric. This is not an operations role; this is a software engineering role with a security focus.

You will be a technical leader responsible for designing, building, and delivering the critical, highly-available services that protect Slack's core infrastructure and empower our employees. You will write code, design distributed systems, and set the long-term technical vision for how identity is managed at a global scale.

**What you will be doing:**

• Architect and Build: Lead the design and hands-on development of scalable, resilient, and secure Identity and Access Management (IAM) services from the ground up using languages like Go, Python, and Java.

• Drive Technical Strategy: Define the long-term technical roadmap for the identity platform at Slack. Lead complex build-vs-buy analyses and own the architecture for integrating third-party systems (Okta, SailPoint, AWS IAM) via robust, well-documented APIs and event-driven services.

• Lead Cross-Functional Initiatives: Serve as the technical authority on large-scale projects, including the strategic initiative to engineer a unified identity fabric between Slack and Salesforce. You will influence technical direction across multiple organizations.

• Engineer for Scale & Reliability: Design and implement mission-critical distributed systems on AWS. Instrument these services with advanced monitoring, observability, and alerting to guarantee service-level objectives (SLOs).

• Develop Sophisticated Automation: Go beyond simple scripting. Architect and build automation frameworks and services to eliminate manual toil, reduce risk, and enable secure, self-service access control across the enterprise.

• Mentor and Elevate: Act as a force multiplier for the team and the broader engineering organization. Mentor senior and junior engineers, establish best practices for secure software development, and lead by example through high-quality code contributions and design reviews.

**What you should have:**

• A proven track record of 12+ years in software engineering, with at least 8 years spent architecting and building large-scale, critical backend systems.

• Expert-level proficiency in one or more high-level programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java.

• Demonstrated expertise in distributed systems architecture, data structures, and algorithms. You have designed, built, and operated microservices in a cloud environment.

• Deep, hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code frameworks like Terraform and Kubernetes.

• Experience architecting and building solutions in one or more of the following domains: authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, directory services, or access governance.

• A profound understanding of security principles, threat modeling, and secure software development lifecycles.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences, driving alignment and influencing decisions.

• A Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience demonstrated by a strong portfolio of shipped products or significant open-source contributions.

What’s more important to us than a number is the skills you’ve developed, regardless of the length of time it took to get where you are. Do you have 15+ years of experience? Great! Please apply. Have only two years but feel you meet the requirements above? We look forward to hearing from you.

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For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $211,500 to $306,600.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $230,800 to $334,600.