Qcells North America · 10 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - IAM (Platform Engineering)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $220K/yr
10+ years expQcells North America is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – IAM to architect, design, and build Identity and Access Management (IAM) services for their multi‑tenant SaaS platform. The role involves significant influence over long‑term identity strategy and technical direction, partnering closely with various teams to deliver secure and scalable identity capabilities.
Renewables & Environment
Responsibilities
Architect, design, and implement IAM platform services enabling authentication and authorization across the SaaS product
Define and own IAM architecture: identity boundaries, trust models, access patterns, token lifecycles
Build scalable services supporting OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and SCIM
Develop APIs, SDKs, and tooling for safe, intuitive consumption by product teams
Apply least‑privilege and Zero Trust principles across users, services, and infrastructure
Lead technical decision‑making with clear tradeoffs across security, usability, and performance
Partner with Security and Compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST alignment
Drive incident response and root‑cause analysis for identity‑related issues
Mentor engineers and elevate IAM engineering practices and platform reliability
Qualification
Required
10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years building IAM systems
Deep expertise with SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Experience integrating with IAM platforms (Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, ForgeRock) as an engineer, not an administrator
Expert‑level proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Java, C#) and in building production services (testing, observability, performance)
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation)
Familiarity with Zero Trust, least privilege, CI/CD, DevSecOps
Experience with distributed systems and containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
Ability to travel up to 10%
Preferred
Experience building IAM capabilities for multi‑tenant SaaS (tenant isolation, per‑tenant config, scale)
Background in platform engineering, identity platforms, or security infrastructure engineering
Understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST)
Company
Qcells North America
Qcells is a renowned complete energy solutions provider in solar cell and module, energy storage, downstream project business and energy retail.
501-1000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Danielle Merfeld
EVP and Global Chief Technology Officer
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