Senior Staff Software Engineer

About Ping Identity: 

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. 

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. 

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. 

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. 

Join Our Team

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.

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.

Meet Our Team

We are a friendly, inclusive team that brings together seasoned experts and engineers early in their career journey. We value collective ownership of our codebase, active mentorship, and efficient processes that prevent burnout. It’s an environment where junior engineers are empowered to grow, and senior leaders have the space to guide the technical vision and lift the whole team.

Job Functions

• 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.

Essential Qualifications

• 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.

Desired Qualifications

• Proactive AI Security Leadership: Deep passion for or experience with evolving AI models and a strong understanding of how to protect software products from threats arising from automated AI exploits.
• Identity Protocol Expertise: Strong knowledge of identity management technologies and protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, certificate management, cryptography).
• Modern Tooling & DevSecOps: Experience with DevOps technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Git, Jenkins, Maven, and developer tools like ClaudeCode.
• Framework Experience: Experience with core enterprise Java web libraries such as Spring and Jackson, as well as relational databases (JDBC, SQL).
• Full-Stack Awareness: Familiarity with front-end development using React and Redux / JavaScript (advantageous for understanding end-to-end security vectors).

Salary Range: $130,000 - $173,000

In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. 

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits: 

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule 
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement 
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations) 

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.