Java / Identity & CIAM

Title: Java / Identity & CIAM
Location: **Hybrid in Austin, Westlake and Denver - preference in that order**
Duration : 12 months
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate high-throughput, low-latency, mission-critical platforms. This role focuses on Java-based API development, cloud-native deployments (GCP or equivalent), modern access management protocols, and AI-assisted software development.
You will own services with strict reliability, performance, and availability SLAs, operating at scale in a security-sensitive environment.
Key Responsibilities
Core Engineering
* Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java services supporting REST-based APIs & having good Security SME knowledge.
* Build cloud-native, horizontally scalable services deployed on GCP and/or other public cloud platforms.
* Develop and secure APIs using OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and SAML-based authentication and authorization flows.
* Implement API-first designs with strong contract discipline, backward compatibility, and understandability.
Scale, Performance & Reliability
* Build and operate highly resilient systems with:
o API latency SLA < 50ms
o Throughput > 5,000 TPS
o Availability 99.9%
o Error budget < 0.1%
* Design for fault tolerance, graceful degradation, and fast recovery.
* Apply resilience patterns such as timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, bulkheads, and rate limiting.
* Participate in production support, incident response, RCA, and continuous reliability improvement.
Cloud & Deployment
* Use CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment.
* Own build deploy run lifecycle, including monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning.
* Work with containerized workloads and modern deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags).
AI-Enabled Development
* Actively use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot in agentic mode) to:
o Accelerate feature development
o Improve code quality and test coverage
o Assist with refactoring, documentation, and troubleshooting
* Champion responsible and effective AI usage as part of daily engineering workflows.
Collaboration
* Partner with platform, security, SRE, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
* Contribute to architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making.
Required Qualifications
* 6+ years Strong Java expertise with experience building production-grade services.
* 6+ years Hands-on API development experience, including RESTful services and API security.
* Cloud deployment experience on GCP and/or equivalent cloud platforms.
* 2+ Solid experience with Access Management protocols:
o OAuth 2.0
o OpenID Connect (OIDC)
o SAML2.0
* Proven experience building and operating high-criticality systems with strict SLAs.
* Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and performance optimization and resiliency.
* Experience with observability (metrics, logs, traces) and production troubleshooting.