Principal Engineer - Identity & Privacy
We are seeking a Principal Engineer – Identity & Privacy to provide technical leadership across the design, delivery and evolution of secure identity and privacy capabilities. This role will shape the architectural direction for authentication, authorisation, identity lifecycle management, consent, data protection and privacy-by-design practices across a complex technology environment. You will work closely with engineering, product, security, legal, compliance and risk stakeholders to establish solutions that are resilient, scalable and easy for customers and colleagues to use.
You will define technical strategy, reference architectures, engineering standards and pragmatic implementation patterns for identity and privacy services. Responsibilities include leading the design of modern identity platforms, reviewing major technology decisions, identifying and addressing security and privacy risks, and ensuring that systems comply with relevant regulatory and industry requirements. You will guide teams through complex engineering challenges, contribute to technical roadmaps, support platform modernisation and promote automation, observability, reliability and operational excellence. You will also act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, communicating complex topics clearly and influencing decisions across organisational boundaries.
The successful candidate will bring significant experience in principal, staff or senior architecture-level engineering roles, with a strong background in identity and access management, privacy engineering or cybersecurity. You will have practical knowledge of standards and protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM and certificate-based authentication, together with experience securing APIs, cloud platforms and distributed systems. Familiarity with data governance, consent management, threat modelling, encryption, secrets management and privacy regulations is highly desirable. You should be comfortable balancing long-term strategy with delivery, mentoring engineers, managing ambiguity and building consensus. Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills are essential, alongside a collaborative approach and a strong commitment to ethical, secure and privacy-conscious technology.
Principal Engineer - Identity & Privacy
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