Security Engineer, IAM

Dropbox

2d•$172,000 - $261,900

About The Position

Security Engineers at Dropbox help safeguard its digital ecosystem and protect its products and users. This role builds and operates identity and access controls that enable Dropbox employees, services, and AI agents to access resources securely. It combines security engineering and automation to strengthen authentication and authorization, enforce least privilege, and simplify identity lifecycle management across infrastructure. The engineer works with Infrastructure, Corporate Engineering, Developer Platform, and Incident Response to make secure access easier to use and maintain reliable IAM services as Dropbox adopts AI tools and agentic workflows. The role includes operational ownership of IAM services, with documentation and on-call support. Teams with on-call rotations require engineers to be available for calls during core and non-core business hours and to participate in the rotation.

Requirements

At least 5 years of security engineering experience, including substantial IAM or identity-security experience.
Hands-on experience with Okta, Okta for AI Agents and SailPoint, or comparable technologies.
Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, least privilege, zero trust, and identity lifecycle management.
Experience with SAML, OAuth 2.0/2.1, OpenID Connect, SCIM, and MFA.
Experience designing RBAC or ABAC authorization models.
Experience securing human and non-human identities, including services, workloads, automation, and CI/CD systems.
Experience with agentic frameworks and MCP tool integration.
Experience implementing access reviews, privileged-access controls, and joiner/mover/leaver workflows.
Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, Go, Java, Ruby, or Bash.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, APIs, and security automation.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with workload identity technologies such as SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes service accounts, or cloud workload identity.
Experience securing identities and authorization for AI agents and other autonomous systems.
Experience with just-in-time access, zero-standing-privilege, or privileged-access management platforms.
Familiarity with identity threat detection and response.
Experience building IAM controls for multi-account cloud environments.
Familiarity with NIST SP 800-63, NIST SP 800-207, CIS benchmarks, and relevant identity-security guidance.
Experience supporting compliance programs such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP.
Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent.
Contributions to the identity or security community through open-source projects, publications, or conferences.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and operate IAM controls across Dropbox’s cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Design and implement secure identity, authentication, and authorization controls for AI agents and other non-human actors.
Implement least-privilege access using RBAC, ABAC, permission boundaries, service control policies, and just-in-time access.
Design secure integrations using SAML, OAuth 2.1, OpenID Connect, SCIM, and SPIFFE/SPIRE.
Automate identity lifecycle processes so access is granted, modified, and revoked promptly.
Develop identity guardrails using infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code.
Build monitoring and alerting for anomalous authentication, privilege escalation, credential misuse, and unauthorized access.
Partner with Incident Response to investigate identity-related incidents and rapidly revoke compromised access.
Conduct security reviews and threat modeling for new identity architectures and integrations.
Maintain IAM services with strong reliability, documentation, operational ownership, and on-call support.