About the position
Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web. Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things. We are seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Account Lifecycle and Access Management (IAM). In this role, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance systems. Leveraging JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, SQL and NoSQL cloud-native databases, and AWS, you will develop innovative solutions for user, group, and membership management while ensuring the highest levels of security and reliability. This role is ideal for a problem-solver who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and is excited by the opportunity to tackle complex challenges, scale distributed systems, and shape the future of IAM solutions on a robust AWS infrastructure. If you're based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. If you're located beyond that distance, the role is fully remote. For location-specific details, please connect with our recruiting team.
Responsibilities
- Enable us to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable services that exceed industry standards and customer expectations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale projects with cross-team dependencies.
- Collaborate with peer teams to deliver solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations.
- Maintain and operate services at high scale, participating in scheduled on-call rotations to ensure reliability.
- Develop and maintain enterprise-grade IAM solutions, focusing on user, group, and membership management.
- Implement identity synchronization and lifecycle management solutions using SCIM and other relevant standards.
- Work with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes, etc.) to deliver scalable, high-availability applications.
- Design and implement robust access control models using OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML 2.0, and other protocols.
- Build and maintain high-quality enterprise software using TypeScript, REST APIs, and JSON.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience with IAM architectures and implementing cloud computing solutions (AWS preferred).
- Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Node.js.
- Strong knowledge of security architecture, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, SSO, OAuth2, OpenID Connect and web protocols like XML, SOAP, JSON, and REST.
- Familiarity with access control models such as RBAC, ABAC and ReBAC.
- Enthusiasm to work with and learn more about Identity Protocols like OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML.
- Experience with SQL.
- Hands-on experience implementing identity lifecycle management solutions using SCIM.
- Practical experience developing and improving applications written in Node.js.
- Exhibit excellent problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills, especially when collaborating with diverse teams.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
- Flexible Time Off.
- We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
