Senior Security Engineer, Identity & Access Management

The role

You will own the design, implementation, and operation of IAM systems for the enterprise identity stack and support customer-facing authentication for ValonOS. You will act as the connective tissue between IT, Engineering, and Security to govern human and machine identities.

What you will do

• Design and support end-to-end lifecycle of workforce identity systems
• Support design of secure identity design patterns for product teams
• Manage and evolve Valon's IdP including SSO, MFA, and directory synchronization
• Define and enforce RBAC and group-based access policies
• Support privileged access management (PAM) for internal infrastructure
• Design and build AI-assisted workflows to automate IAM operations
• Evaluate AI risks across IAM pipelines
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, Compliance, Legal, and other teams
• Support operational and on-call duties such as vulnerability management and incident response

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering roles with a core focus on identity and access management
• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Technology or related field
• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSK, CCSP or similar)
• Hands-on experience with an enterprise IdP (Okta, Entra ID, or Google Workspace) including SSO, MFA, SCIM
• Deep understanding of authentication and authorization models across applications - SAML, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, RBAC, ABAC, and API access controls
• Hands-on experience with modern identity security technologies and tooling

Nice to have

• GCP preferred
• Experience building AI/LLM-powered workflows
• Experience working in high-growth or startup environments

Benefits

• competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity
• 401(k) plan
• comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits
• daily lunch, and dinner provided through Forkable for in-office team members
• pre-tax deductions for public transit, rideshares, and parking
• company wide orientation
• learning & development opportunities
• quarterly budgets for team and company outings
• flexible paid time off with no annual limit
• sick days
• 11 company holidays
• 12 weeks of fully paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

About the company

Valon is the leading AI platform for mortgage servicing, building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance. ValonOS is on track to power 1 in 6 U.S. mortgages across major mortgage servicers.