Security Software Engineer, IAM

About the role

Vercel is seeking a Security Software Engineer to lead the company's Identity and Access Management strategy across corporate and production environments. This role involves defining IAM architecture, migrating configurations to Terraform, and serving as a subject matter expert to improve security practices across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Own the full IAM strategy for both corporate and production environments - defining the roadmap, standards, and architecture end to end
• Migrate Okta and all related IAM configuration to Terraform, driving infrastructure-as-code adoption and leveling up engineering teams in its use
• Lead Vercel-on-Vercel and Vercel infrastructure cleanup initiatives, ensuring our internal systems reflect the same standards we sell to customers
• Design and enforce least-privilege access controls across cloud, SaaS, and production infrastructure
• Partner with platform and engineering teams to embed IAM best practices early in the design process
• Build and manage MDM/MAM tooling to secure endpoint and mobile device access across the organization
• Drive automation across provisioning, deprovisioning, and access review workflows
• Serve as the IAM subject matter expert across Security, IT, and Engineering

Required skills

• Identity and Access Management
• Platform security engineering
• Okta
• SSO
• MFA
• Terraform
• Infrastructure as Code
• AWS IAM
• GCP IAM
• MDM
• MAM

Nice to have

• SCIM
• SAML
• OIDC
• Google Workspace
• Azure AD

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in identity, access management, or platform security engineering

Certifications

• Okta Certified Professional
• Okta Certified Administrator
• AWS Security Specialty
• CISSP

Benefits

• Equity
• Inclusive Healthcare Package
• Mentorship
• Flexible Time Off
• Work from home budget

About the Company

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company and the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK. They create products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and developer experience.