At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. This role sits in our Platform Engineering team, which delivers features and design work that spans the Ping platform. The team is focused on building Ping's identity for AI offerings to secure and govern AI agents. We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer who can turn ideas into production capabilities and work well in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional, and global team. The ideal applicant will bring strong software development experience, sound technical judgment, creative problem-solving skills, and a passion for research, innovation, and experimentation. They will be excited by work that spans products, services, APIs, models, and user experiences, and by using AI tooling as a practical part of the engineering workflow to accelerate discovery and delivery. This is an opportunity to contribute to features that help customers identify, secure, and govern AI agents. Deliver IAM (Identity & Access Management) capabilities across the Ping platform encompassing the whole stack from infrastructure and databases through to UI experiences Contribute to the design and implementation of APIs, models, workflows, orchestration surfaces, and services Research and prototype solutions in emerging areas, working with senior technical leaders and product teams to turn validated ideas into product features Work closely with product management, UX, and engineering teams across Ping to refine features and designs to deliver elegant, usable, and scalable outcomes for customers Participate in development life cycle activities such as design, coding, testing, rollout, and production support Use modern AI tooling such as Claude Code as part of day-to-day engineering work to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while maintaining strong engineering judgment Communicate clearly, share knowledge, and support other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and delivery Ability to design, build, test, and operate production services using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes, together with the desire to broaden your expertise Ability to use AI engineering tools to accelerate research, code understanding, prototyping, implementation, and documentation while applying sound engineering judgment Experience building production services, distributed systems, or shared platform capabilities Experience designing and implementing APIs, RESTful services, integration contracts, and data or domain models Bonus Points If You Have Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, token exchange, policy systems, delegated administration, or identity data modelling Experience with AI agent identity and non-human identity Experience working across multiple codebases, teams, or product areas to ship cohesive outcomes We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. A company culture that empowers you to do your best work. Regular company and team bonding events. Global volunteering and community initiatives Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule Parental Leave Retirement Programs Opportunity for Education Reimbursement We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Staff Software Engineer (Remote) employer: Ping Identity
Ping Identity is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, allowing Senior Staff Software Engineers to thrive in shaping impactful features for our SaaS and on-premise products. With a strong emphasis on employee growth through mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, along with the flexibility of primarily remote work complemented by occasional office days in Edinburgh, we offer a unique environment where your contributions are valued and rewarded.
