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ABOUT GITHUB: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.
LOCATIONS: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
GitHub is looking for a Principal Engineering Manager to lead Identity & Access Management for GitHub’s workforce and production systems. Identity is foundational to GitHub’s regulatory commitments, cloud strategy, internal security model, and the trust boundaries that protect access to critical infrastructure. Getting it right is one of the highest-leverage things we can do to secure GitHub at scale.
You will lead the team responsible for GitHub’s IAM platform across identity lifecycle, entitlements, privileged access, identity federation, workforce identity providers, and secured administrative access patterns. These systems sit on the critical path for Hubber productivity and production security, and they must operate with high reliability, strong usability, and clear security guarantees.
This role requires both deep technical judgment and strong organizational leadership. You will partner across Security, Infrastructure, IT, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering teams to define strategy, build paved paths, improve operational maturity, and make least-privilege and just-in-time access the default across GitHub. You will lead engineers, create clarity in ambiguous spaces, and help the team deliver durable systems rather than one-off policy-driven solutions.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the identity foundation that protects GitHub’s internal systems today while preparing the company for a future where access decisions must be increasingly automated, policy-driven, and consumable by both humans and agents.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the engineering strategy and technical roadmap for GitHub’s Identity & Access Management service area, spanning identity lifecycle, entitlements, privileged access, identity federation, and workforce identity providers.
- Build and support high-performing engineering teams by coaching engineers, managing performance, growing technical leadership, and fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, operational excellence, and learning.
- Drive multi-quarter IAM platform evolution, including programs such as identity provider migrations, privileged access maturation, least-privilege access models, access automation, and identity platform consolidation.
- Partner with Security, Infrastructure, IT, Compliance, Legal, and product engineering teams to define requirements, resolve dependencies, and ensure IAM systems meet GitHub’s security, regulatory, reliability, and usability needs.
- Make secure access the easiest path by investing in paved paths, automation, APIs, and agent-consumable interfaces rather than relying on manual processes or policy memos.
- Oversee reliability, supportability, and operational maturity for Tier-0 IAM services, including incident response, postmortems, observability, deployment safety, rollback strategies, and systemic reduction of operational toil.
- Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, observable systems that support least privilege, just-in-time access, strong authentication, authorization, auditability, and identity governance at GitHub scale.
- Create clarity across ambiguous security and infrastructure programs, balancing long-term correctness with pragmatic delivery, phased cutovers, parity validation, and safe migration strategies.
- Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, architecture guidance, quality practices, automation, and mentorship across the IAM organization and adjacent engineering teams.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
- 11+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 9+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
- OR PhD Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
- OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years people management experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading engineering teams responsible for identity, access management, infrastructure security, internal developer platforms, or other Tier-0 production services.
- Experience with identity directories and providers such as Okta, Entra ID/Azure AD, or similar workforce identity platforms.
- Familiarity with authentication, authorization, federation, provisioning, and access-control patterns, including OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and LDAP.
- Experience leading large-scale identity platform migrations or consolidations, including parity validation, device trust, phased cutovers, rollback strategies, and dependent-team coordination.
- Strong understanding of privileged access management, least privilege, just-in-time access, entitlement governance, access reviews, auditability, and operating IAM or security-critical services in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Proven track record building and scaling engineering organizations in high-growth, high-ambiguity, or security-sensitive environments while partnering across Security, Infrastructure, IT, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering to deliver durable platform outcomes, including systems and APIs for programmatic or AI-agent consumption.
COMPENSATION RANGE: The base salary range for this job is USD $160,200.00 - USD $425,000.00 /Yr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GITHUB LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES:
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
- Model
- Coach
- Care
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
WHO WE ARE: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO STATEMENT: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
ABOUT GITHUB: GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.
LOCATIONS: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
GitHub is looking for a Principal Engineering Manager to lead Identity & Access Management for GitHub’s workforce and production systems. Identity is foundational to GitHub’s regulatory commitments, cloud strategy, internal security model, and the trust boundaries that protect access to critical infrastructure. Getting it right is one of the highest-leverage things we can do to secure GitHub at scale.
You will lead the team responsible for GitHub’s IAM platform across identity lifecycle, entitlements, privileged access, identity federation, workforce identity providers, and secured administrative access patterns. These systems sit on the critical path for Hubber productivity and production security, and they must operate with high reliability, strong usability, and clear security guarantees.
This role requires both deep technical judgment and strong organizational leadership. You will partner across Security, Infrastructure, IT, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering teams to define strategy, build paved paths, improve operational maturity, and make least-privilege and just-in-time access the default across GitHub. You will lead engineers, create clarity in ambiguous spaces, and help the team deliver durable systems rather than one-off policy-driven solutions.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the identity foundation that protects GitHub’s internal systems today while preparing the company for a future where access decisions must be increasingly automated, policy-driven, and consumable by both humans and agents.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the engineering strategy and technical roadmap for GitHub’s Identity & Access Management service area, spanning identity lifecycle, entitlements, privileged access, identity federation, and workforce identity providers.
- Build and support high-performing engineering teams by coaching engineers, managing performance, growing technical leadership, and fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, operational excellence, and learning.
- Drive multi-quarter IAM platform evolution, including programs such as identity provider migrations, privileged access maturation, least-privilege access models, access automation, and identity platform consolidation.
- Partner with Security, Infrastructure, IT, Compliance, Legal, and product engineering teams to define requirements, resolve dependencies, and ensure IAM systems meet GitHub’s security, regulatory, reliability, and usability needs.
- Make secure access the easiest path by investing in paved paths, automation, APIs, and agent-consumable interfaces rather than relying on manual processes or policy memos.
- Oversee reliability, supportability, and operational maturity for Tier-0 IAM services, including incident response, postmortems, observability, deployment safety, rollback strategies, and systemic reduction of operational toil.
- Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, observable systems that support least privilege, just-in-time access, strong authentication, authorization, auditability, and identity governance at GitHub scale.
- Create clarity across ambiguous security and infrastructure programs, balancing long-term correctness with pragmatic delivery, phased cutovers, parity validation, and safe migration strategies.
- Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, architecture guidance, quality practices, automation, and mentorship across the IAM organization and adjacent engineering teams.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
- 11+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 9+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python.
- OR PhD Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience maintaining and delivering production software coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python,
- OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years people management experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading engineering teams responsible for identity, access management, infrastructure security, internal developer platforms, or other Tier-0 production services.
- Experience with identity directories and providers such as Okta, Entra ID/Azure AD, or similar workforce identity platforms.
- Familiarity with authentication, authorization, federation, provisioning, and access-control patterns, including OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and LDAP.
- Experience leading large-scale identity platform migrations or consolidations, including parity validation, device trust, phased cutovers, rollback strategies, and dependent-team coordination.
- Strong understanding of privileged access management, least privilege, just-in-time access, entitlement governance, access reviews, auditability, and operating IAM or security-critical services in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Proven track record building and scaling engineering organizations in high-growth, high-ambiguity, or security-sensitive environments while partnering across Security, Infrastructure, IT, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering to deliver durable platform outcomes, including systems and APIs for programmatic or AI-agent consumption.
COMPENSATION RANGE: The base salary range for this job is USD $160,200.00 - USD $425,000.00 /Yr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GITHUB LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES:
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
- Model
- Coach
- Care
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
WHO WE ARE: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO STATEMENT: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
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Who's Hiring
- Pinterest3
- Providence2
- Fisher Investments2
- World Wide Technology2
- GitHub1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software9
- Agriculture & Farming2
- Insurance1
- Telecommunications1
- Electronics & Hardware1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote identity and access management jobs.
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience with identity governance and administration platforms such as SailPoint or Saviynt
- Proficiency with directory services including Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
- Experience implementing multi-factor authentication and single sign-on solutions across enterprise environments
- Familiarity with privileged access management tools such as CyberArk, BeyondTrust, or Delinea
- Understanding of regulatory compliance frameworks including SOX, HIPAA, or FedRAMP as they relate to access controls
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CIAM, or vendor-specific credentials from Okta, SailPoint, or Microsoft
Tips for Your Remote Identity And Access Management Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote identity and access management openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your IAM stack and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Show your IAM lab work upfront
Remote employers can't watch you work, so they need evidence before the interview. Document a home lab or sandbox project in Okta, Azure AD, or SailPoint with screenshots, configuration notes, or a short write-up you can share during screening.
Lead with async communication skills
Remote IAM teams run on written handoffs, ticketing systems, and documented runbooks. Your application materials and interview answers should reflect fluency with tools like Jira, Confluence, or ServiceNow and a habit of over-communicating access decisions and change logs in writing.
Certify in the platforms remote teams use
Remote IAM hiring managers filter fast by platform. Holding a current certification in Microsoft SC-300, Okta Certified Professional, CyberArk Defender, or SailPoint IdentityNow signals you can contribute without ramp-up time, which matters more on distributed teams than in office environments.
Prepare for remote-first interview formats
Remote IAM interviews often include async technical screenings or written scenario questions before any live call. Practice explaining access governance decisions, identity lifecycle workflows, and incident response steps clearly in writing, not just verbally, so you perform well in both formats.
Remote Identity And Access Management Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote identity and access management job?
Target companies that already run distributed security teams, including cloud-native SaaS firms, managed security service providers, and large enterprises with remote-friendly IT departments. Remote IAM employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and hands-on proficiency with identity platforms like Okta, Azure AD, CyberArk, or SailPoint. Candidates who can document past IAM projects, demonstrate async collaboration skills, and show they can work independently without daily oversight consistently get further in remote hiring processes.
Which companies hire remote identity and access managements?
Companies hiring remote identity and access managements right now include Pinterest, Providence, and Fisher Investments, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote IAM roles concentrate at cloud-first technology companies, financial institutions with distributed security operations, and healthcare organizations managing compliance across multiple locations.
Can you get a remote identity and access management job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level IAM roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and escalate issues independently from day one. Your strongest path is building hands-on lab experience with Okta, Azure AD, or AWS IAM, earning a foundational certification like CompTIA Security+ or Microsoft SC-300, and contributing to open-source or volunteer IT projects you can reference. Remote-first startups and managed service providers are the most likely to take a chance on early-career candidates who demonstrate real technical initiative.
Do you need a degree for remote identity and access management jobs?
Not always. Many remote IAM employers weigh demonstrated skills, recognized certifications, and verifiable project work more heavily than a four-year degree, particularly for mid-level and technical specialist roles. Certifications like Microsoft SC-300, Okta Certified Professional, or Certified Identity and Access Manager carry real weight. What remote employers consistently care about is evidence that you can configure, administer, and troubleshoot IAM systems without someone looking over your shoulder.
Which industries hire the most remote identity and access managements?
Most remote identity and access management openings sit in Technology & Software, Agriculture & Farming, and Insurance, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors hire IAM professionals remotely because their teams are geographically distributed and their compliance, security, and access governance needs operate around the clock across multiple systems and regions.
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