Lead Identity Engineer – API, AI Gateways

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🕒 January 14

🗽 New York, North Carolina – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $120k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

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S&P Global

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1860

💸 Finance

🏢 Enterprise

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Finance • Enterprise • Artificial Intelligence

S&P Global is a leading provider of market intelligence, ratings, analytics, and benchmark indices. The company offers comprehensive insights across various domains including finance, commodities, mobility, and sustainability. Renowned for its data-driven solutions, S&P Global assists organizations in navigating complex market trends, evaluating credit risk, and understanding the implications of artificial intelligence and energy transitions. Its diverse offerings, such as S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Ratings, and S&P Dow Jones Indices, provide critical data and analytics to businesses, government entities, and investors worldwide.

📋 Description

• Lead the architecture of our next-generation API security and authorization platforms. • Leverage deep expertise in securing APIs and modern authorization standards (OAuth/OIDC) to architect the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Gateway. • Focus on building robust Authorization frameworks and API Governance layers that can scale to support high-velocity, complex access patterns of AI agents. • Drive the transformation of our security posture by extending robust API security controls to the emerging AI ecosystem. • Ensure that critical data sources are protected against unauthorized AI access by implementing Fine-Grained Authorization (FGA) and context-aware policies for safe adoption of Generative AI.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years focused on API Security, IAM, or Gateway implementations. • Deep, hands-on experience with any enterprise API Gateway technology (e.g., Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management). • Expert-level knowledge of OAuth 2.0 (Client Credentials, PKCE, Authorization Code), OpenID Connect (OIDC), and API Security standards (OAS, REST, GraphQL security). • Strong backend coding proficiency in Java or Python. • Strong theoretical or practical knowledge of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) specifications. • Solid experience working with enterprise Identity Providers like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD). • Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body. • Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on. • Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills. • Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs. • Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families. • Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.