Security Software Engineer IAM

We're looking for a Security Software Engineer to join our Security team and own Vercel's Identity and Access Management strategy - across both corporate and production environments. This is a high-impact ownership-heavy role: you'll define IAM architecture from the ground up migrate Okta fully behind Terraform and serve as the subject matter expert who levels up the entire organization on IAM best practices.

You will report to the Head of Security and be located remotely within the United States. If you're based within commuting distance of our SF or NY offices the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday Tuesday and Friday.

• Own the full IAM strategy for both corporate and production environments - defining the roadmap standards and architecture end to end
• Migrate Okta and all related IAM configuration to Terraform driving infrastructure-as-code adoption and leveling up engineering teams in its use
• Lead Vercel-on-Vercel and Vercel infrastructure cleanup initiatives ensuring our internal systems reflect the same standards we sell to customers
• Design and enforce least-privilege access controls across cloud SaaS and production infrastructure
• Partner with platform and engineering teams to embed IAM best practices early in the design process
• Build and manage MDM/MAM tooling to secure endpoint and mobile device access across the organization
• Drive automation across provisioning deprovisioning and access review workflows
• Serve as the IAM subject matter expert across Security IT and Engineering

• 7+ years of experience in identity access management or platform security engineering
• Deep expertise with Okta - including SSO MFA lifecycle management and API-driven automation
• Proficient in Terraform and committed to managing IAM infrastructure as code
• Experience designing IAM strategy at scale - across both corporate (IT/SaaS) and production (cloud infrastructure) environments
• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP IAM - service accounts roles workload identity federation
• Background in MDM/MAM solutions (Jamf Intune or equivalent)
• Strong collaborator who can drive alignment across Engineering IT Compliance and Security teams
• Comfortable operating with autonomy and owning decisions in a fast-moving environment

• Experience leading Terraform migrations for IAM or identity infrastructure at scale
• Background in SCIM SAML OIDC and directory services (e.g. Google Workspace Azure AD)
• Contributions to internal developer platforms or security tooling
• Experience at a developer tools infrastructure or SaaS company
• Certifications such as Okta Certified Professional/Administrator AWS Security Specialty or CISSP

• Competitive compensation package including equity.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
• Flexible Time Off.
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco CA base pay range for this role is $208000 - $312000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills experience and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits equity-based compensation and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process. 

Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color gender expression or identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship age marital status veteran status disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.

What We Do

From solo developers building their first app to large enterprise teams if it needs to be fast reliable and beautifully built it runs on Vercel. Our platform powers millions of deployments a day. We started with a simple belief: the web should be fast for everyone everywhere. That belief became Next.js. Then a platform. Then the infrastructure layer for the AI-native web.We are backed by the amazing team at Accel and CRV and we're headquartered in San Francisco.