Senior Staff Engineer – PingFederate Software Team

Join the PingFederate Software team as a Senior Staff Engineer, where you will architect the next generation of proactive, automated security and scaling frameworks for a platform that protects millions of global identities.

Architect

Next-Generation Defenses: Design and implement cutting‑edge automated guardrails, continuous patching architecture, and intelligent dependency management to neutralize software vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

Technical Strategy & Roadmap: Partner with Product Management and Security leadership to define a 3‑year technical roadmap that safeguards enterprise identities against traditional and emerging AI‑agent threat vectors. Establish the architectural patterns, security standards, and automation frameworks utilized across distributed agile engineering teams. High‑Impact Mentorship: Sponsor and grow Senior and Staff engineers, fostering an organizational culture of “shift‑left” security and robust system design.

Global Collaboration: Collaborate with team members locally in Vancouver, BC, and worldwide to align engineering efforts across geographic regions.

System Quality: Work alongside Software Quality Engineers to ensure comprehensive automated unit and integration testing frameworks are built directly into the recent architecture. At least 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of operating as a principal or senior staff architect for enterprise‑grade, large‑scale systems.



Expert‑level mastery of Java and deep familiarity with the enterprise Java ecosystem, open‑source libraries, and performance tuning at scale.

Web Fundamentals: Solid understanding of TLS, and core web application constraints. Exceptional communication and systems‑thinking skills, with a history of driving technical alignment across multiple distributed engineering teams.

Proactive AI Security Leadership: Deep passion for or experience with evolving AI models and a strong understanding of how to protect software products from threats arising from automated AI exploits.

Experience with DevOps technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Git, Jenkins, Maven, and developer tools like ClaudeCode.

Experience with core enterprise Java web libraries such as Spring and Jackson, as well as relational databases (JDBC, SQL). Full‑Stack Awareness: Familiarity with front‑end development using React and Redux/JavaScript (advantageous for understanding end‑to‑end security vectors). Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule Parental Leave Retirement Programs We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. #

📌 Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform (Remote) (Vancouver)
🏢 Ping Identity
📍 Vancouver