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Principal Engineer, Identity and Access Management

Job in London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK
Listing for: Wolters Kluwer
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-10
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Backend Developer, Software Architect
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Lead the design and engineering of a cloud-agnostic Identity and Authorization Platform that secures users, services, APIs, AI agents, and data across a multi-tenant SaaS platform.

Unlike traditional IAM roles, this position focuses heavily on authorization architecture.

Responsibilities Lead architecture and implementation of:

Authentication Authorization Identity  federation

Fine-grained access control

Own architecture for:

RBACReBACABACACLPolicy engines

Relationship graphs

Design authorization for:

Web applications

MobileAPIsMicroservicesAI Gateway Agent runtimeMCP tools

Knowledge Graph Vector stores

Design authorization decision architecture:

PEP PDP Policy Store Relationship Store Decision Lead  adoption of:

OpenFGA / SpiceDBCedar

Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Zanzibar concepts

Work with platform teams on:

API GatewayAI Gateway Kubernetes Service  MeshmTLSEssential experience
10+ years engineering5+ years security platform experience

Demonstrable experience building authorization engines using:

RBACReBACABACACLExperience designing authorization for:

Multi-tenant SaaSMicroservicesAPIsExperience with:

OAuth2

OpenID ConnectJWTSAMLStrong distributed systems experience

Nice to have Google Zanzibar

OpenFGASpiceDBOPACedar Envoy Istio SPIFFE/SPIREOur Interview Practices To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant.

To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

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