Lead Software Engineer

Location
Hyderabad
Workplace
On-site

About this role

Organization Background:

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team defines and manages the digital identities, permissions, and access rights for users and non-human identities (NHIs). The scope spans the entire identity lifecycle—provisioning, authentication, authorization, access governance, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Single Sign-On (SSO) & MFA, policy enforcement, reporting and deprovisioning across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS systems.

What will you be responsible for?

  • Lead the design, development and implement secure, scalable, resilient and highly available Identity and Access Management solutions in hybrid identity environments (Entra ID + on prem Active Directory).
    • Automation of user/NHI provisioning, deprovisioning, and role-based access control (RBAC).
    • Authentication/authorization, including Active Directory, SSO, MFA, and SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM protocols
    • Build and maintain enterprise-grade integrations for IAM platforms/tools with IT/HR systems
  • Own the reliability, security, and modernization of identity platforms that underpin enterprise access and Zero Trust security

What would your day look like?

  • Work with Stakeholders, TPM and Engineering team to understand business requirements. Design, build and maintain robust, scalable and reusable products and modules ensuring high availability, security and efficiency for enterprise-scale deployment.
    • Back-end Micro services/APIs using .Net/Go and database operations using SQL/No-SQL and Azure cloud services
    • User interfaces and front-end functionalities using React
    • Integration with internal/external systems.
    • Integrate Entra ID authentication and authorization with a broader Zero Trust architecture.
  • Collaborate with security architecture, infrastructure, application, and HR/IT teams to align IAM solutions with enterprise security strategy, compliance requirements, and business objectives.

Who are we looking for?

  • Must have 6-9 years of software engineering experience, with significant experience focusing on IAM domains
  • Must have Skills:
    • Design & Development: Experience in design and implementation of solutions that manage user identities and secure access.
    • Technical Proficiencies: Expertise in Web application, APIs, Microservices design and development using .Net or Go, React and databases such as SQL/No-SQL.
    • Protocols/Standards: Good understanding of IAM protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM), directory services (Active Directory, LDAP), and Cloud-native security.
    • IAM Tools: Experience with platforms like SailPoint, IdentityIQ, Okta, Ping Identity, or Microsoft Active Directory/Entra ID
    • Technical Leadership: Proven experience in technical leadership and guiding engineers on engineering excellence – Unit tests, Security, Observability, Monitoring.
    • Infrastructure: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes & IaC
    • Experience with version control systems, such as Git, ADO and ability to work in an Agile/Scrum development environment.

Bachelor's Degre

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