Senior Software Engineer

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

Thrive in a rapidly changing environment, continuously adapting to evolving customer needs, technology trends, and new ways of working

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

Experience turning requirements and ambiguous problems into designs, prototypes, and production-ready solutions

Experience with authentication, authorisation, and identity management

Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly, collaborate across teams and time zones, and support other engineers through feedback and knowledge sharing

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

Familiarity with MCP, agent skills, and other agent integration concepts

Experience working across multiple codebases, teams, or product areas to ship cohesive outcomes

Experience with distributed systems at scale

Experience working as part of an international team

Experience contributing to technical designs and proof of concept work

Salary Range: $110,000–$145,000

In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.

Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.

Regular company and team bonding events.

Competitive benefits and perks.

Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits:

Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule

Parental Leave

Progressive Healthcare Options

Retirement Programs

Opportunity for Education Reimbursement

Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 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.