Hybrid Principal Software Engineer, Identity

at Progress

• Job title: Principal Software Engineer, Identity
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $153,000 - $189,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Raleigh, United States

About the role

• Principal Software Engineer focusing on identity and authentication at Progress. Designing and overseeing secure scalable identity solutions for enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and architect ShareFile’s identity, authentication, and authorization systems
• Design and evolve secure, scalable solutions supporting SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, MFA, and social login
• Lead and support enterprise SSO integrations with major identity providers (Okta, Azure AD / Entra ID, Ping, Google, etc.)
• Ensure high availability, performance, and operational resilience of identity services in a large-scale SaaS environment
• Drive security best practices, including token lifecycle management, key rotation, secrets handling, and compliance alignment (SOC 2, ISO, etc.)
• Partner with product, platform, and security teams to deliver robust identity solutions aligned with business and compliance needs
• Resolve complex production issues and participate in escalation and on-call rotations
• Define and promote standards, patterns, and reference architectures for authentication and authorization
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and contribute to architectural reviews and platform roadmaps
• Champion automation, observability, and operational excellence for identity services

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on identity and authentication
• Deep hands-on experience with SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and modern authentication flows
• Proven experience building and operating SSO and identity platforms at scale in SaaS environments
• Strong backend development experience (e.g., C#, Java, Go, or Node.js) and API design
• Solid understanding of authentication security principles, threat models, and mitigations
• Experience integrating with enterprise identity providers
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native architectures
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability, and financial benefits (including 401(k) retirement savings plan)
• Tuition Reimbursement program
• Additional voluntary benefits including crucial illness/hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, auto & home insurance, legal, and pet insurance
• Competitive salary, bonus, and best-in-class Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) with a 27-month lookback
• Flexible paid vacation time, paid day off for your birthday, and company holidays
• A variety of leave plans, including Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an employee well-being program focusing on physical, mental, and financial health