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LaterSenior Identity Engineer
Later is an influencer marketing platform that assists brands in selecting creators, executing managed campaigns, and driving growth across engagement, revenue, and awareness. The company utilizes…
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Later is an influencer marketing platform that assists brands in selecting creators, executing managed campaigns, and driving growth across engagement, revenue, and awareness. The company utilizes a native artificial intelligence platform alongside a decade of proprietary data to help enterprise organizations like Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines optimize their marketing investments. Later is currently hiring a remote Senior Identity Engineer to join the organization as a high-impact individual contributor.…
Job Description
Later is an influencer marketing platform that assists brands in selecting creators, executing managed campaigns, and driving growth across engagement, revenue, and awareness. The company utilizes a native artificial intelligence platform alongside a decade of proprietary data to help enterprise organizations like Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines optimize their marketing investments. Later is currently hiring a remote Senior Identity Engineer to join the organization as a high-impact individual contributor.
This position focuses heavily on reinforcing security foundations across the platform by merging deep security knowledge with practical software development. The person in this role will specialize in identity and access management, secure-by-design methodologies, and authentication systems. By working closely with product, infrastructure, and engineering groups, the specialist will integrate security guardrails directly into CI/CD pipelines and internal platforms. This role suits professionals who approach problem-solving with a defensive mindset while building solutions like software engineers and guiding teams through influence.
Permanent team members at the company gain eligibility for participation in multiple benefits plans as part of their complete compensation package. Candidates can work fully remote, or out of company offices located in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as Boston, Massachusetts and Vancouver, Washington.
Responsibilities
- Assess and continuously improve security posture across applications, infrastructure, and development workflows.
- Define and implement scalable security standards, guardrails, and best practices to support compliance through automated solutions.
- Own identity and access management across the platform, including authentication, authorization, and secure machine-to-machine processes.
- Design, maintain, and harden authentication systems for both internal tools and customer-facing experiences.
- Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines including SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, and secret management.
- Provide pragmatic security guidance during system design and architecture reviews.
Requirements
- Have five to seven or more years of experience working as a Security Engineer or Software Engineer with a strong focus on security.
- Possess proven experience building and operating production-grade software, systems, or internal tooling.
- Demonstrate a strong background in application security, infrastructure security, and secure CI/CD practices.
- Bring hands-on experience with identity and access management, authentication systems, authorization frameworks, and machine-to-machine security patterns.
- Know how to apply security frameworks like OWASP, NIST, or CIS Controls in real-world production environments.
- Familiarity with cloud security tooling, SIEM or SOAR tools, and Infrastructure-as-Code security scanning.
- Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
- Familiarity with modern backend systems including C# and cloud-native architectures.
Qualifications
- Experience designing or migrating identity architecture at scale.
- Experience building internal developer security tooling.
- Experience working in a high-growth technology environment.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Eligibility to participate in various benefits plans as part of the overall compensation package.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this position remote?
Yes, this role is open to fully remote candidates, and the company also has physical offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Vancouver, Washington.
What is the employment type?
The position is a full-time, permanent role.
What is the salary range for this job?
For candidates located in the United States, the salary range is $125,000 to $205,000 USD. For candidates in Canada, the range is $110,000 to $160,000 CAD.
What kind of experience is required?
Applicants need five to seven or more years of experience as a Security Engineer or Software Engineer with a strong security focus, alongside expertise in identity and access management and secure CI/CD practices.
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