Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer
SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.
Funding history
About SpaceXAI
SpaceXAI is a US-based AI company focused on accelerating scientific discovery and understanding the universe through reasoning, voice, image, video, and generative AI systems. Formerly xAI, it was acquired by SpaceX effective February 2, 2026, while continuing to operate the x.ai site and services.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, implement, and improve enterprise identity and access-management solutions across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments. You will deliver federation strategies, lead IAM platform integrations, automate governance and provisioning, support cloud IAM, mentor colleagues, and participate in identity-system incident response.
Requirements
- 6+ years of hands-on IAM experience
- Knowledge of IAM principles, Zero Trust, least privilege, adaptive authentication, ABAC, continuous access evaluation, and ITDR
- Expertise in SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, and federation protocols
- Experience with SailPoint, Okta, PingOne, and Microsoft identity solutions
- Knowledge of AWS, GCP, cloud IAM services, Terraform, and CI/CD
- Python and JavaScript or TypeScript programming skills
- Ability to lead technical initiatives from design through implementation
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise IAM solutions
- Architect and deliver federation strategies
- Lead IAM platform integration and optimization
- Drive identity lifecycle management, RBAC, PAM, and just-in-time access initiatives
- Develop automation scripts and Terraform infrastructure
- Provide IAM technical guidance and troubleshoot complex issues
- Mentor team members
- Improve IAM architecture, processes, and capabilities
- Support cloud IAM strategies across AWS and GCP
- Participate in on-call rotation and identity-system incident response
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Discounts and perks
