Prosper

Sr. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineer

Prosper$152K — $169K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in information security, cloud operations, or identity engineering within a regulated fintech environment.
  • Experience in defining, implementing, and maintaining RBAC and ABAC frameworks.
  • Active Okta certification (Professional or Administrator) with strong knowledge of Okta platforms.
  • Proficient in Terraform for writing cloud configurations and managing deployment strategies in GitHub.
  • Familiar with CI/CD automated pipeline workflows and modern deployment lifecycles.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts across teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain automated identity and lifecycle management solutions using Okta Workflows and Lumos.
  • Own programmatic identity configurations with Terraform, ensuring access controls are consistent.
  • Collaborate with teams to transform complex requirements into actionable objectives.
  • Apply Security by Design principles to align identity management with regulatory frameworks.
  • Implement robust RBAC and ABAC frameworks across collaboration tools for optimized access management.
  • Evaluate and integrate AI-first tools while maintaining security compliance.

Benefits

  • Generous benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible working hours and remote work options.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
  • Collaborative and innovative team environment.
Full Job Description
Your role in our mission

We're looking for a Sr. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineer with a strong passion for security automation, identity governance, and modern infrastructure engineering. Joining Prosper's Corporate IT team, you will partner closely with our InfoSec and Systems Engineering teams, as well as stakeholders across the broader business, to proactively secure, automate, and streamline user access pathways for both our corporate applications and developer systems. Join our expanding team of skilled IT professionals dedicated to innovating and securing Prosper's platforms, utilizing state-of-the-art automation tools for the benefit of our customers, business, and employees.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Corporate IT, you will manage our identity and access management infrastructure, ensuring secure, seamless provisioning for all employees and championing an Identity-as-Code culture through automated workflows. We seek a proactive individual who thrives in a creative, regulated environment, excels at translating complex requirements into actionable objectives, and is passionate about refining modern security automation.

How you'll make an impact

  • Automate Identity Lifecycles: Design, build, and maintain low-friction automated identity and lifecycle management solutions natively within Okta Workflows and Lumos to further automate employee lifecycle management.
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  • Embed Identity-as-Code: Take ownership of programmatic identity configurations using Terraform, integrating access policies and group memberships directly into GitHub-driven CI/CD pipelines to ensure controls are consistent and auditable.
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  • Translate Complexity into Action: Act as a creative problem solver, partnering across Information Security, GRC, and core engineering teams to translate complex technical and regulatory requirements into structured quarterly objective tasks.
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  • Enforce Security by Design (SbD): Apply continuous Security by Design principles across our primary directories and access points, ensuring identity boundaries align with regulatory frameworks like PCI-DSS, SOC, and NIST without creating additional end-user friction.
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  • Secure & Govern Collaboration Tools: Implement and scale robust RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) and ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control) frameworks to optimize single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and lifecycle access policies across Google Workspace, the Atlassian cloud suite, and internal core business applications using modern federation and auth standards (OAuth, SWA, SAML, JIT).
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  • Empower Emerging Tech: Securely evaluate and integrate cutting-edge, AI-first developer tools and environments (e.g., Cursor, Antigravity, Claude Code), ensuring compliance guardrails remain airtight while enabling forward-thinking engineering velocity.
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Skills that will help you thrive

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in information security, cloud operations, or identity engineering, operating within a highly regulated fintech or financial services environment.
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  • Deep structural understanding and practical experience defining, implementing, and maintaining RBAC and ABAC frameworks for comprehensive identity governance.
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  • Active Okta certification (Okta Certified Professional or Okta Certified Administrator) with deep, practical knowledge of managing Okta enterprise platforms, Workflows, and core integration patterns (SCIM, JIT, OAuth, SWA).
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  • Proficiency writing declarative cloud configurations in Terraform, with a clear understanding of branching and deployment strategies in GitHub.
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  • Familiarity with modern deployment lifecycles and CI/CD automated pipeline workflows.
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  • Strong administrative comfort and integration depth spanning enterprise directory systems.
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  • A creative, problem-solving mindset with a demonstrated ability to break high-level projects down into clear, manageable milestone driven tasks.
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  • Familiarity or curiosity surrounding AI agents and productivity tooling, aligning with an approach to secure, forward-thinking AI adoption.
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  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to explain identity risk clearly and coordinate solutions transparently across cross-functional groups.
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$152,000 - $169,000 a year

Compensation details:

The salary range is $152,000 - $169,000 annually, plus bonus and generous benefits. In determining your salary, we will consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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About Our Technology Team

We are growing our Technology team to support our various financial products. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning the Fintech domain and delivering cutting-edge, high-quality solutions to solve business problems. We utilize a progressive, test-driven, Agile development methodology that places a high premium on communication, teamwork, sound design and clean implementation.

About Prosper

Prosper is an American peer-to-peer lending company that was founded in 2005. The company operates an online platform that connects borrowers and investors. Prosper offers personal loans, debt consolidation loans, and home improvement loans. The company uses a proprietary credit scoring system to assess the creditworthiness of borrowers. Prosper has facilitated over $17 billion in loans since its inception. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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500 employees
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Founded
2018

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