Major League Baseball

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer for Major League Baseball’s Identity Platforms Services team, specializing in Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM). The team’s responsibilities cover backend services that handle profile-related interactions and newsletter opt-in management, frontend web implementations for login, registration, and account management, and libraries/services that support mobile apps and single-sign on. Launched in 2001 as the tech arm of Major League Baseball, MLBAM is renowned for creating experiences that baseball fans love - and we're just getting started!

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the authentication and authorization landscape for MLB’s digital platforms used by millions of fans globally. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional, results-oriented teams to design, implement, and optimize CIAM solutions that enhance security, scalability, and user experience across our websites, native iOS and Android applications, connected devices and partner integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of identity projects, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and business requirements
• Architect, maintain, and optimize libraries and identity-focused SDKs for our various platforms
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance CIAM systems' performance, reliability, and security posture
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to software engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning

Collaboration

• Participate in an agile environment
• Participate in the full software development life cycle (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance)
• Proactively seek constructive criticism of your own work and offer constructive feedback to others in a way that raises people up and builds relationships
• Participate in and lead triage efforts during production incidents

Technology Leadership

• Lead and take ownership of critical features and your own initiatives
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and industry standards related to identity management and security
• Mentor and coach engineers in your team and across the organization to build a strong engineering-focused culture
• Influence the way that baseball is consumed by millions of users worldwide

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of industry experience with a focus on identity management, authentication, and authorization systems
• Expertise in designing and implementing CIAM solutions for web and mobile applications, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and OAuth protocols
• History of mature, egoless engineering and contributing to a positive, psychologically safe environment
• High proficiency in Java and Spring Boot framework
• Experience with front-end web development
• Experience with at least one Cloud platform (Google Cloud, AWS, or similar)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• Certification in CIAM or related areas
• Hands-on experience with vendors such as Okta, Auth0 or similar platforms
• Experience with Google Cloud

Nice to Have

• Experience with GraphQL and data federation
• Experience working with cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
• Experience contributing to open source projects
• Experience with public cloud providers such as Google Cloud
• Experience with content delivery networks such as Cloudflare, Fastly
• A baseball fan or sports enthusiast

Salary Range: $150,000 - $185,000 (Base Salary) + Bonus

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

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Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!