Tech Lead – Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM)

18 months with one extension

Location: QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW

We are seeking an experienced CIAM Tech Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership across the implementation and integration of large-scale Consumer Identity & Access Management solutions.

This is a senior engineering role combining hands-on development, solution design and technical leadership. You will build features, review code, solve complex implementation challenges and mentor engineers while helping deliver secure and scalable identity solutions within a complex enterprise environment.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

- Lead the technical implementation of enterprise CIAM solutions.
- Remain hands-on with software development while maintaining a high-quality and maintainable codebase.
- Design solutions for complex identity and access management challenges.
- Troubleshoot complex technical and integration issues.
- Conduct code reviews, unit testing and integration testing.
- Contribute to technical estimation, refinement and delivery planning.
- Mentor and upskill engineers and act as a technical escalation point for the team.




- Collaborate with other engineering and platform teams to integrate CIAM solutions with enterprise systems.
- Drive contemporary engineering practices and leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
- Provide technical guidance to support solution design and project planning.

What we are looking for

- Strong CIAM engineering experience, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC) and hands-on customization/integration of platforms such as Auth0, Okta, ForgeRock or Ping Identity.
- Proven technical leadership with strong unit/integration testing (Jest or similar), mentoring and code-review experience, plus exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or Cursor.

Highly Desirable

- Experience configuring and customising SaaS CIAM platforms.
- Experience developing and integrating microservices within AWS, Azure or GCP environments.
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization and modern identity patterns.
- Experience working with complex, high-volume consumer identity environments.

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