Senior Authentication Engineer

Summary

Join BitMEX's core Engineering team as a Senior Authentication Engineer to enhance the security of our high-performance trading platform. You will design, develop, and maintain critical security features, collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role involves working on innovative authentication and identity management solutions for our global user base, ensuring platform reliability and integrity. You will lead high-impact security projects, troubleshoot vulnerabilities, and safeguard user assets and privacy. The position requires expertise in secure coding, IAM systems, cryptographic principles, and distributed systems. You will also evaluate and implement third-party identity providers and stay current with emerging authentication standards.

Requirements

• Expertise in writing and debugging complex, secure code. (Familiarity with languages like Python and Java)
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM) systems and concepts
• Knowledge of cryptographic principles applied in modern authentication protocols
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, network security, and secure software development principles. Experience developing in object-oriented languages
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders
• Proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to new security technologies and effectively leverage existing ones in a rapidly evolving crypto landscape
• An innovative thinker passionate about engineering excellence and eager to contribute to cutting-edge security projects within the high-stakes crypto and financial services domain

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute high-impact security projects focused on BitMEX's trading platform and its surrounding user ecosystem
• Design and implement advanced authentication and identity management technologies, including frameworks and applications, in collaboration with a dedicated team
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve security vulnerabilities and issues to maintain the highest levels of platform reliability and integrity
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Trading, Compliance, Infrastructure) to design, develop, and maintain critical security features used by our global user base
• Safeguard user assets and privacy by ensuring BitMEX's authentication and security processes meet the highest industry standards for financial services and crypto exchanges
• Lead the design, development, and integration of cutting-edge authentication methods, including OAuth 2.0 flows, social login providers (e.g., Google, Apple ID), and Passkey technology, ensuring seamless and secure user experiences
• Evaluate and implement third-party identity providers and authentication services, ensuring robust security, scalability, and adherence to industry standards for OAuth, social login, and FIDO specifications
• Develop and maintain APIs to support the integration of advanced authentication solutions across various client applications (web, mobile, desktop)
• Stay current with emerging authentication standards and technologies (e.g., OpenID Connect, WebAuthn, FIDO Alliance specifications) and proactively propose their adoption to enhance platform security and user convenience
• Collaborate with UI/UX teams to design intuitive and secure user flows for registration, login, and account recovery utilizing new authentication methods

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within the financial services or cryptocurrency industry, particularly with high-performance trading systems is highly preferred

Benefits

• Work from home to help you find the perfect balance between work, family and personal life
• 25 days of annual leave , on top of public holidays, as well as maternity, paternity and childcare leave… etc to accommodate your growing responsibilities
• A top tier & comprehensive medical, dental and vision policy for you and your dependents
• Professional development allowance to support your career advancement
• Access to our annual wellness benefits to cultivate your physical and mental growth
• Don’t forget the advantage of our Beyond Border Remote Working policy, where you get to work away from your home country
• Team building & offsite events to bring our global team closer
• Life insurance coverage to provide a safety net for your family’s future
• Option to choose to be paid in fiat or crypto currency, providing the flexibility to shape your financial freedom