Staff Software Engineer - IAM at Harnessinc

Harnessinc

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India·20h ago

LeadFull-timeJavaGolangAWSGCPAzureKubernetesPostgreSQLMicroservicesAIAPI

Salary Range

$30,600 - $41,400 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a Platform Authentication Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team at Harness. This role focuses on designing and developing core Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ) infrastructure that powers the entire Harness platform.

Key Responsibilities

→Design and implement scalable authentication and authorization systems using modern patterns and distributed architecture principles
→Build high-performance microservices for identity federation, token validation, and permission evaluation that support high-volume API traffic
→Drive the architecture for enterprise integrations including SAML, OIDC, SCIM, and LDAP to support diverse customer environments
→Collaborate closely with Principal Engineers to standardize authentication middleware and API gateway patterns across the platform
→Solve complex distributed systems challenges related to database optimization, query performance, and data consistency at scale
→Work with SRE teams to define SLIs/SLOs and ensure operational excellence of critical security infrastructure
→Contribute to API design and rate-limiting strategies that provide secure, efficient access to organizational resources

Requirements

✓Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
✓8+ years of backend engineering experience with a strong focus on building production identity or authorization systems
✓Expert-level proficiency in Java or Golang with a focus on concurrency, memory management, and distributed systems design
✓Deep understanding of standard authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML) and/or access control models (RBAC/ReBAC)
✓Experience with gRPC, RESTful APIs, and designing secure API architectures with proper access controls
✓Strong knowledge of microservices patterns, service mesh (e.g., Istio), and data consistency challenges
✓Experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases, including schema design for performance
✓Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)