Senior Software Engineer – Identity Engineering, SSO

• Design and develop secure, scalable SSO and identity-broker services using Python


• Build APIs and platform capabilities supporting authentication, federation, identity orchestration, and integration across Cisco products


• Own complex software components from design through implementation, testing, and delivery


• Evaluate security, scalability, performance, and extensibility tradeoffs


• Document significant technical decisions through technical designs and Architecture Decision Records


• Turn ambiguous requirements into technical specifications, acceptance criteria, and incremental implementation plans


• Use AI-assisted development tools throughout the software development lifecycle


• Independently validate the security, correctness, and maintainability of resulting software


• Deliver high-quality software through automated testing, code reviews, and sound development practices


• Collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture partners on cross-product integration challenges


• Strengthen engineering practices across the squad

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of related experience, master’s degree with 4+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ years of related experience


• Professional experience building enterprise or customer-facing backend services and APIs using Python


• Experience designing components within distributed systems and communicating technical decisions and tradeoffs


• Experience delivering quality software through automated testing and modern software development practices


• Experience using AI-assisted development tools in day-to-day software engineering while validating security, correctness, and maintainability


• Experience with spec-driven development practices


• Experience building REST APIs using OpenAPI specifications and related code-generation workflows


• Knowledge of identity and federation protocols such as SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, or WS-Federation


• Experience with AWS, SQL, Redis, asynchronous Python, or event-driven architectures


• Experience with React and TypeScript


• Experience writing technical specifications, design documents, or Architecture Decision Records

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing secure, scalable SSO and identity-broker services using Python, with a strong focus on building REST APIs and ensuring software quality through automated testing and modern development practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Python Development


• REST API Design


• Automated Testing


• Identity Protocols


• AWS Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Python


• REST APIs


• OpenAPI Specifications


• Asynchronous Python


• Event-Driven Architecture


• SQL


• Redis


• AI-Assisted Development Tools


• Spec-Driven Development


• Technical Documentation

Soft Skills

• Collaboration


• Communication


• Problem-Solving

Industry Keywords

• SSO


• Identity Federation


• SAML


• OpenID Connect


• OAuth 2.0


• SCIM


• WS-Federation


• Architecture Decision Records

Tools & Technologies

• AWS


• Redis


• SQL


• React


• TypeScript