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Director of Engineering - IdentityLocation: Bangalore, IndiaReports to: VP, Platform EngineeringRole SummaryWe are seeking a talented Director of Engineering - Identity to lead the design, development, and evolution of our Identity & Access Management systems. You will drive architectural decisions for authentication, fraud, authorization, kyc and user identity across our banking platform, ensuring security, scalability, and modern user experiences. This is a technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in IAM, modern authentication protocols, fraud systems, cloud security, and large-scale distributed systems.Key ResponsibilitiesExecute company’s identity vision aligned with product and platform strategy.Partner with Product and Engineering to design secure, compliant, and scalable authentication, fraud, kyc and kyb capabilitiesProvide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive best practices in secure identity managementLead initiatives for zero-trust architecture, passwordless authentication, and identity innovation.Own the strategy for identity, authentication, authorization, fraud, and KYCCollaborate with product, security, and engineering teams to deliver seamless, secure user experiencesEnsure compliance with regulatory and industry standards for financial servicesManage large software development efforts and cross-functional scrum teamsCollaborate with product managers, product owners and agilists to achieve well defined release plansDefine software development standards and engineering disciplinesEvaluate and communicate risks in an appropriate and timely manner to stakeholdersFoster continuous improvement using tools and engineering metricsHire, mentor, and grow a high-performing global team of software engineers.Provide an environment where engineering innovation and continuous learning can thrive and team commitment flourishesDevelop a culture that encourages excellence and high job satisfactionRequirements10+ years of software engineering leadership experience with strong expertise in identity management for financial industries.Deep knowledge of security and fraud concepts and technologiesKnowledge of Java programming language.Hands-on experience with modern authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, MFA, etc.)Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) and secure application developmentDeep experience designing scalable, distributed systems with high availability and performanceDeep experience integrating solutions with a goal of frictionless or minimal friction user experiences.Proven technical leadership and ability to drive architecture and platform decisions working with architects.Preferred:Deep experience with identity platforms (Auth0, Okta, Keycloak, Ping) and custom IAM solutionsExperience with transactional (ex. NICE Actimize or Verafin) and behavioral (ex. BioCatch, Callsign) anomaly detection servicesExperience with building monitoring and alerting systems that search for exposed data on the dark web or system vulnerabilities.Experience with extensible platforms, including modularization of components, allowing applications to invoke features as needed.Experience with KYC or KYB solutions such as Alloy, Socure, or Prove.Background in highly regulated fields such as financial services and/or banking.Knowledge of zero-trust security models and emerging trends in identity protectionPassion for security, scalability, and delivering frictionless user experiences