Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ping Identity

• If you're a passionate developer who thrives in a fast-moving, agile environment – this role is for you. We're looking for someone with strong communication skills, the ability to translate requirements and designs into functional Java code, and a sharp focus on security, quality, and performance
• 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
• Automation Mindset: Proven experience architecting automated CI/CD guardrails, automated dependency workflows, or self-healing infrastructure
• Web Fundamentals: Solid understanding of HTTP, TLS, and core web application constraints
• Exceptional communication and systems-thinking skills, with a history of driving technical alignment across multiple distributed engineering teams

Desirable

• 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
• We are entering an era where the velocity of emerging threats—accelerated by new AI models—requires a paradigm shift from reactive patch management to intelligent, self-healing software pipelines
• . In this role, you will lead the charge in defining how our core enterprise stack anticipates vulnerabilities, automates dependency remediation, and scales robustly
• Whether your background is in bleeding-edge security automation or engineering world-class, high-scale enterprise systems, you will provide the technical vision to future-proof our platform
• 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
• Drive Engineering Excellence: 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 new architecture