[Remote] Staff Software Engineer - IAM (Platform Engineering)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Qcells North America is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – IAM to architect, design, and build Identity and Access Management services for their multi-tenant SaaS platform. The role involves significant influence over long-term identity strategy and technical direction, requiring hands-on software engineering and technical leadership in IAM services.

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

Skills

• 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%
• 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 Overview

Qcells is a renowned complete energy solutions provider in solar cell and module, energy storage, downstream project business and energy retail. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Irvine, California, US, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.qcells.com/us.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Qcells North America has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2026, 11 in 2025, 14 in 2024, 8 in 2023, 15 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.