About Ping Identity:
At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.
Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.
While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.
We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
You’ll be a staff-level backend engineer who builds and operates the services that power our core product experiences. This is a hands-on role focused on designing reliable APIs and event-driven systems, writing and reviewing production code, and improving performance and scalability over time. You’ll work closely with Product, Data, Infrastructure/SRE, and Security to deliver well-scoped solutions that are safe to run in production. You’ll also help strengthen backend engineering practices through design reviews, mentoring, and thoughtful technical guidance. You’ll report to an engineering manager and collaborate with peers to align backend work with broader platform goals.
You Will:- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that are secure, scalable, and easy to evolve
- Deliver complex projects end-to-end (technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, and iteration based on real production feedback)
- Build event-driven and asynchronous workflows using Kafka and queue-based systems to improve resilience and throughput
- Own service reliability: monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response, and post-incident improvements
- Partner with Infrastructure/SRE to build and operate systems on AWS (compute, networking, storage, and deployment patterns)
- Define and improve data access patterns across SQL and NoSQL databases, including migrations and performance tuning
- Implement caching strategies (e.g., Redis/Memcached) to reduce latency, protect dependencies, and manage load
- Raise code quality through reviews, documentation, and setting practical standards for testing and operational readiness
- 10+ years of backend engineering (Java & Springboot) experience building and operating production systems
- Strong fundamentals in system design, API design, data modeling, and writing maintainable, well-tested code
- Experience working in AWS and understanding common infrastructure components (e.g., VPC/networking concepts, compute, storage, managed services)
- Strong experience with SQL databases (e.g., Postgres/MySQL) and NoSQL systems (e.g., DynamoDB/MongoDB/Cassandra)
- Hands-on experience with Kafka and message/queue systems (e.g., SQS/RabbitMQ), including delivery semantics and failure handling
- Practical knowledge of caching patterns and cache invalidation strategies using tools like Redis or Memcached
- Strong observability practices, including structured logging, metrics, tracing, and familiarity with logging/monitoring tools
- A degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- Knowledge of Decentralized Identity (DCI) and Identity & Access Management (IAM) concepts, including auth patterns like OAuth/OIDC
- Experience with DataLake and Spark for large-scale ETL, batch processing, or analytics pipelines
- Experience with privacy/security best practices (PII handling, encryption, retention policies, audit logging)
- Experience scaling systems with cost and performance constraints (capacity planning, load testing, bottleneck analysis)
Life at Ping:
We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.
Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:
- A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
- Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
- Regular company and team bonding events.
- Competitive benefits and perks.
- Global volunteering and community initiatives
Our Benefits:
- Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
- Parental Leave
- Progressive Healthcare Options
- Retirement Programs
- Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
- Commuter Offset (Specific locations)
Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Experience building and operating production systems
- Strong system design, API design, data modeling, and maintainable code development skills
- Experience with AWS infrastructure and common cloud components
- Strong experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with NoSQL systems such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, or Cassandra
- Hands-on experience with Kafka and message or queue systems such as SQS or RabbitMQ
- Knowledge of delivery semantics and failure handling
- Experience with caching patterns and cache invalidation using Redis or Memcached
- Strong observability practices, including structured logging, metrics, and tracing
- Degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Knowledge of Decentralized Identity and Identity and Access Management concepts
- Knowledge of OAuth or OpenID Connect authentication patterns
- Experience with DataLake and Spark for ETL, batch processing, or analytics pipelines
- Experience with privacy and security best practices
- Experience with capacity planning, load testing, and bottleneck analysis
Ping Identity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ping Identity and has not been reviewed or approved by Ping Identity.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is considered generous, with an unlimited PTO policy highlighted in company communications and reflected in practice across roles. Several sources also reference positive norms around taking vacation rather than a policy in name only.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is broad, including medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA options, life and disability insurance, mental‑health support, and an EAP. Wellness extras like a monthly fitness reimbursement further strengthen the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is framed as generous for U.S. employees, with extended paid time for birth parents commonly referenced. ERGs such as Working Families and other groups reinforce a family‑supportive environment.
Ping Identity Insights
What We Do
At Ping Identity, we make it possible to trust every digital moment across customers, employees, partners, and non-human identities. Whether you're securing millions of users, fighting fraud, simplifying third-party access, or going passwordless, establishing trust shouldn’t slow you down. Our enterprise-grade identity platform is built for scale, speed, and flexibility and works seamlessly with your existing cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. We help you confidently embrace AI and automation with Runtime Identity, so you can continuously verify the identity, context, and intent of every AI agent and control their actions in real time. With Ping, all digital experiences start with trust. Learn more at pingidentity.com.
Why Work With Us
Identians are what make Ping an extraordinary place to work. They create our award-winning products and they’re the reason for our unique customer following.
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