Staff Software Engineer - IAM, Cloud Platform at Ionq

Ionq

Bothell, Washington, United States·1d ago

LeadFull-timeJavaScriptJavaAWSGCPKubernetesMicroservicesMachine LearningGoAI

Salary Range

$153,000 - $207,000 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of our Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) systems at IonQ. This role involves enabling customers to federate their identities and protect their organizations' data through scalable authorization models.

Key Responsibilities

→Own the technical vision and architecture for IAM and RBAC systems across the platform
→Drive cross-team initiatives impacting authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management
→Make high-impact architectural decisions around role modeling, permission hierarchies, and identity propagation
→Act as the final technical authority on IAM/RBAC design reviews and security decisions
→Ensure IAM and RBAC systems meet high availability, performance, and reliability requirements
→Establish operational standards for role changes, emergency access, and monitoring

Requirements

✓Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
✓8+ years of professional software engineering experience with technical leadership
✓Deep knowledge of designing, building, and operating IAM and RBAC systems at scale
✓Experience implementing SAML 2.0 in production
✓Proven experience leading large-scale technical projects
✓Solid understanding of microservices architecture and data consistency patterns
✓Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
✓Expertise programming backends in Go or JavaScript
✓Experience with Kubernetes and GCP preferred