Senior Software Engineer, Fan Identity Platform

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We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer for Major League Baseball’s Identity Platforms Services team, specializing in Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM). The team’s responsibilities cover backend services that handle profile-related interactions and newsletter opt-in management, frontend web implementations for login, registration, and account management, and libraries/services that support mobile apps and single-sign on. Launched in 2001 as the tech arm of Major League Baseball, MLBAM is renowned for creating experiences that baseball fans love - and we're just getting started!

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the authentication and authorization landscape for MLB’s digital platforms used by millions of fans globally. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional, results-oriented teams to design, implement, and optimize CIAM solutions that enhance security, scalability, and user experience across our websites, native iOS and Android applications, connected devices and partner integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of identity projects, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and business requirements
• Architect, maintain, and optimize libraries and identity-focused SDKs for our various platforms
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance CIAM systems' performance, reliability, and security posture
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to software engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning

• Participate in an agile environment
• Participate in the full software development life cycle (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance)
• Proactively seek constructive criticism of your own work and offer constructive feedback to others in a way that raises people up and builds relationships
• Participate in and lead triage efforts during production incidents

• Lead and take ownership of critical features and your own initiatives
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and industry standards related to identity management and security
• Mentor and coach engineers in your team and across the organization to build a strong engineering-focused culture
• Influence the way that baseball is consumed by millions of users worldwide

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of industry experience with a focus on identity management, authentication, and authorization systems
• Expertise in designing and implementing CIAM solutions for web and mobile applications, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and OAuth protocols
• History of mature, egoless engineering and contributing to a positive, psychologically safe environment
• High proficiency in Java and Spring Boot framework
• Experience with front-end web development
• Experience with at least one Cloud platform (Google Cloud, AWS, or similar)

• Master’s Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• Certification in CIAM or related areas
• Hands-on experience with vendors such as Okta, Auth0 or similar platforms
• Experience with Google Cloud

• Experience with Graph
  
  QL and data federation
• Experience working with cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
• Experience contributing to open source projects
• Experience with public cloud providers such as Google Cloud
• Experience with content delivery networks such as Cloudflare, Fastly
• A baseball fan or sports enthusiast