About the role

Role overview

You will lead Bugcrowd’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll oversee the design, development, and operation of secure, scalable authentication, authorization, and identity services—while mentoring engineers and setting team processes.

Key missions / responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of software engineers; foster technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Own architecture and operations for authentication/authorization/identity services (secure, scalable, highly available)
Define and refine team processes, development methodologies, and quality standards
Serve as the technical expert for the IAM domain
Develop and drive a long-term technical roadmap
Collaborate with multiple teams to integrate identity solutions across the product ecosystem

Requirements

Strong technical background in modern identity standards
Proven experience managing and mentoring high-performing engineering teams
Deep expertise in IAM and core identity concepts
Security best practices knowledge, including cryptography and common identity-related web vulnerabilities (e.g., session hijacking, token manipulation)
Hands-on experience implementing/managing systems using SAML and OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
5+ years of software development experience with a focus on high-scale backend systems
2+ years experience managing/leading software engineers
Experience with a modern programming language (e.g., Go, Java, Ruby, Node.js) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Familiarity with identity providers and services such as Okta, Azure AD, Ping Identity, Keycloak, Auth0
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to drive large, complex, ambiguous projects to completion

Nice to have

Experience with cloud identity platforms such as AWS IAM, Azure AD, Okta, Auth0

About Bugcrowd

Bugcrowd is a technology company focused on security and risk management, including platforms and services that help organizations improve their security posture. The role sits within the company’s Identity and Access Management capabilities, building secure authentication and authorization services.