Security Engineer, IAM

• Remote - US: Select locations
• Remote
• Engineering
• Full Time

Dropbox is a Virtual First company. For this role, we are hiring in Zones 2 and 3. Zones are determined by your zip code; if you’re within 100 miles of a listed metro area (straight-line radius), you’re included in that Zone.

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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 to ensure 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

Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours. If a team has an on-call rotation, all engineers on the team are expected to participate in the rotation as part of their employment. Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying.

Requirements

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Durable Skills

AI fluency means using these tools to amplify human judgment, not replace it. We believe people with these skills will thrive as work and technology continue to evolve:

• Awareness: Understand yourself and others.
• Judgment: Evaluate information and make decisions in complex situations.
• Adaptability: Learn, adjust, and stay effective through change.
• Connection: Communicate, collaborate, and build trust.

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.