About the job
DigitalOcean’s Customer Trust & Engineering group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team in Boston. This team plays a key role in keeping user accounts secure and reliable, supporting billions of transactions every second.
Role overview
This position centers on maintaining and improving DigitalOcean’s IAM systems. The work involves designing and building new features for the Identity platform, as well as advancing AI-driven projects related to identity and access. The team also handles Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations with partners around the world and continues to enhance the policy engine to support more complex workflows.
What you will do
- Maintain and optimize existing IAM systems for reliability and efficiency
- Design and develop the next generation of DigitalOcean’s Identity platform
- Advance initiatives that use AI for identity and access management
- Implement SSO integrations with international partners
- Strengthen the policy engine to support evolving workflows
Requirements
- Background in distributed systems and scaling secure infrastructure
- Strong commitment to security in engineering work
- Interest in building solutions for high-volume, high-availability systems
- Collaborative approach and ability to contribute to team goals
- Creative problem-solving skills and a mindset for growth
Location
This role is based in Boston.

