Software Engineer II - Identity & Access Management (Core Infra IO) - Klaviyo - Boston, MA
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Team overviewThe Core Infrastructure – Identity & Organizations (Core IO) pillar owns the foundational substrate for identity, access, organizations, and platform integrity at Klaviyo. We manage the critical path of the user journey from login, to enforcing permissions, to operating within the correct organization and regional context so that the rest of the platform can move fast and stay secure.
Within Core IO, the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team builds and operates Klaviyo’s centralized authentication and authorization platform for both humans and machines. We power login, SSO, MFA, SCIM, internal service auth, and external API auth, and we are in the middle of transforming Klaviyo’s identity stack into a unified, enterprise-grade platform.
Why this role is excitingShape Klaviyo’s identity platform: You’ll help design and build the services that every product team and customer relies on login, sessions, permissions, and secure service APIs are all on your roadmap.High-leverage, platform-level impact: Your work will directly affect engineering velocity (auth as a shared service), Enterprise deal wins (SSO/SCIM/RBAC/ReBAC), and Data Residency (region-aware auth flows).Deep systems and security learning: You’ll work on distributed systems, modern IdP integration, machine auth, and secure-by-default patterns with strong mentorship and meaningful ownership.What you’ll doAs a Software Engineer II on the IAM team, you will:
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