Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer – CIAM / Identity Platform

📍 London, UK (Hybrid)
📅 12 Month Contract

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join a major retail digital transformation programme, helping build and evolve Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solutions supporting millions of customers across digital channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, release, and maintain scalable CIAM solutions.
• Develop APIs and microservices using modern engineering practices.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and platform reliability.
• Collaborate with Product, Delivery, and Engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical leadership, and best practices.
• Support platform monitoring, deployment, and operational excellence.

Required Skills

• OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), CIAM, SSO, and MFA.
• Java or Kotlin with Spring Boot and Microservices.
• REST APIs, SOAP APIs, and GraphQL.
• Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID.
• Apache Kafka or Azure Event Hub.
• Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms.
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Concourse.
• TDD, BDD, integration testing, and automated testing practices.
• Monitoring, logging, and observability tools.

Experience

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong background in identity and access management platforms.
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems.
• Technical leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement experience.

Desirable

• GDPR and data privacy knowledge.
• MFA implementation experience.
• Exposure to identity and security tooling.