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Senior Identity Engineer
LaterSocial Media company
Chicago, United States$ 145,000 - 175,000Senior
Summit Partners
Blue Owl Capital
Capital One Financial
Eastern Bankshares
HPS Investment Partners
Rocketship
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Security Engineer focused on identity and access management, authentication, and secure development practices.
- •As a Senior Security Engineer at Later, you will play a critical role in strengthening and scaling the security foundations that power our platform.
- •This role blends deep security expertise with hands-on engineering, with a particular focus on identity and access management, authentication systems, and secure-by-design development practices.
- •Key Responsibilities Own identity and access management across Later’s platform, including authentication, authorization, and secure machine-to-machine (M2M) processes.
- •Design, implement, and maintain secure authentication systems for both internal tools and customer-facing experiences.
- •Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, secret management, and secure build/deploy practices.
- •Provide pragmatic, solution-oriented security guidance during system design and architecture reviews.
- •Lead by influence—raising the security bar through standards, tooling, and mentorship.
- •Requirements 5–7+ years of experience as a Security Engineer or Software Engineer with a strong security focus.
- •Hands-on experience with identity and access management, including authentication systems, authorization frameworks, and machine-to-machine security patterns.
- •Strong background in application security, infrastructure security, and secure CI/CD practices.
- •Familiarity with cloud security tooling (AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, or GCP Security Command Center), SIEM/SOAR tools, and Infrastructure-as-Code security scanning (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- •Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence engineering teams to improve security outcomes.
Required skills
IAMOAuthJWTSAMLOWASPCI/CDTerraformAWSDockerKubernetesVaultPythonC#Bash
Nice-to-have skills
Penetration TestingSOC 2GDPRHIPAASSOMFAReactNode.jsTypeScriptGitHub Actions
Domain expertise
cybersecuritydeveloper-tools
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptC#BashReactNode.jsAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsVaultOAuthJWTSAMLOWASPSOC 2GitLinuxTerraform