Senior Staff Software Engineer

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Development Experience | Hybrid

Introduction:

Do you want to be part of an outstanding, professional and cross-functional team to take your career to the next level? Do you have an interest in educating and empowering developers to create secure,

performant, usable Web experiences? Do you want to make a real difference? If the answer is yes, look no further, this is the job for you

About the company:

In today’s highly connected digital world, understanding, managing and securing the identity of individuals and things is essential to safety and success of both businesses and their customers. Billions of people connect from anywhere, use a wide variety of devices and expect a seamless yet secure experience.

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom.They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture.We champion every identity. One of our core values,Respect Diversity, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping

Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

The Role:

We are looking for a highly motivated, Senior Staff Software Engineer to build web applications for the next generation Identity platform. This role requires a developer that can take ideas from concept to reality and work well in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional team of product managers, software engineers, and data scientists in an internationally focused organization.

The ideal applicant will have broad development experience; solid analytical and creative problem-solving skills; be passionate about research, innovation and experimentation for delivering the best possible

developer and user experience within an inclusive and respectful environment. If you are self-driven, passionate about learning, work well in a collaborative environment and have effective communication skills, then we’d love to hear from you

What You’ll Be Doing:

Develop IAM (Identity & Access Management) related web applications and tooling in Vue JS

Work closely with our UX team and product management to refine features and ensure frictionless interfaces for our customers

Collaborate with several backend teams to design features and API interfaces

Design and review components for our shared component library, to ensure we provide a clear and consistent interface to our internal and customer consumers whilst adhering to best

practices

Provide maintenance and security updates for a broad range of legacy react based UIs

Participate in development life cycle activities like design, coding, testing and production releases of the Ping Platform UI

Implement, document and evangelize best practices and industry standards for both internal and external developers

Debug production issues across services and levels of the ForgeRockIdentity Cloud integration with the Platform UI

Thrive in a rapidly changing environment, continuously working to adapt to ever-evolving customer needs

Shows strong communication skills, provides effective mentorship and sets a good example for other engineers

Identifies shortcomings of current architecture and design and pushes for continuous improvement

If you find yourself checking off most of the below, this could be the position for you

Looking for 12 plus years into Software Engineering.

5+years of HTML andCSS as well as a fundamental understanding of JavaScript

4+years of Web-application development experience

2+years of production experience (primary) with one of the following: React.js, Angular, Vue.js or Svelte.js

1+ years with a secondary JS framework or library

Experience with authentication, authorisation and identity management

Experience with CORS, SSL/TLS and other security communication protocols

Experience with RESTful services

BSor MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Good time management skills

Nice To Have:

Experience with multiple application architectures (SPA, Flux,SSR, universal/isomorphic),

Experience working within a distributed team

Proficient knowledge of Git and Git tooling

Agile/Scrum Methodologies

Experience with application security practices (OWASP Top 10)

Experience with systems at large scale

Docker, Kubernetes and VM experience

Experience with web accessibility

Why Should You Join Us?

You will be part of an outstanding team and work with exceptional people

You will work with the latest web technologies

You will grow and accumulate knowledge related to authentication and authorization protocols and standards as well as identity and access management at scale

We don’t want to maintain the status quo; you will have the opportunity to have a real impact by creating the best Developer experience on the web; you will be instrumental to make this vision real

Life at Ping Identity:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’ve grown enormously, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most important of all, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because

that’s who we want to succeed with every day. Below are just a few of the great things we have to offer at Ping Identity:

A great team of smart, fun and genuinely nice individuals.

A companyculture that empowers you to doyour best work.

Employee ResourceGroups that createa sense of belonging for everyone.

Regular companyand team bondingevents.

Competitive benefitsand perks.

Recognition programsthat reward employeeswith meaningful experiences.

Global volunteering and community initiatives

Ping Identity 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.

Ping Identity is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.