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Anaplan is the leading enterprise decision-making platform, powering the world’s largest enterprises with our proprietary Hyperblock™ technology and cloud infrastructure. We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead the architectural evolution of our Product Security and Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) capabilities. In this role, you will define and execute the technical strategy for secure multi-tenant isolation, modern identity migrations, and secure API-to-API communications across our highly distributed global SaaS platform.
Your Impact
- Security Architecture & Strategy: Lead the long-term technical roadmap for platform-wide security patterns, including multi-tenant isolation, key lifecycle management, secure token issuance (JWT), secrets management, and robust API-to-API communication.
- Modern Identity Engineering: Design and implement next-generation CIAM solutions and secure backend services (using Java/Kotlin) to migrate from legacy IAM systems to modern, highly scalable identity platforms.
- Access Control & Policy Enforcement: Architect and operate declarative authorization systems utilizing policy-as-code engines (e.g., Open Policy Agent (OPA) with Rego-based evaluation) for granular, high-throughput access decisions.
- Platform Standardization: Influence company-wide engineering standards and define best practices for secure-by-default software development. Lead cross-functional collaboration with core engineering teams (including API Gateway, Platform Security, and Infrastructure) to ensure consistent security postures.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Guide, mentor, and elevate the maturity of the engineering organization, promoting secure coding practices and driving threat-modeling initiatives.
Your Qualifications
Identity, Access, & Security Protocol