Senior Identity Engineer

Later is the world’s most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns. By combining real creator relationships, trusted intelligence, and expert guidance, Later removes fear and guesswork from one of marketing’s most visible investments. Built on a native, AI-powered platform and more than a decade of proprietary data—including billions of social interactions, impressions, and $2.4B+ in verified influencer-driven purchases—Later helps teams understand what will work before they launch. By combining trusted insight with expert guidance, Later removes guesswork from influencer marketing, enabling brands to choose the right creators, execute fully managed campaigns, and drive meaningful growth across awareness, engagement, and revenue. Trusted by leading enterprise brands including Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines, Later bridges creativity and performance so campaigns don’t just look good—they deliver results. Learn more at later.com.About this position: As a Senior Security Engineer at Later, you will play a critical role in strengthening and scaling the security foundations that power our platform. This role blends deep security expertise with hands-on engineering, with a particular focus on identity and access management, authentication systems, and secure-by-design development practices. You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Product teams to embed security into our CI/CD pipelines, internal platforms, and customer-facing systems—enabling teams to move quickly while keeping our systems, data, and users safe. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thinks like a defender, builds like a software engineer, and leads through influence. What you'll be doing: Strategy Assess and continuously improve Later’s security posture across applications, infrastructure, and development workflows Define and implement scalable security standards, guardrails, and best practices that support compliance through automated and auditable solutions Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to align security priorities with business objectives and delivery timelines emerging risks and proactively design systems and processes that reduce long-term exposure   Technical/ Execution Own identity and access management across Later’s platform, including authentication, authorization, and secure machine-to-machine (M2M) processes Design, implement, and maintain secure authentication systems for both internal tools and customer-facing experiences Harden login systems, establish consistent authentication patterns across services, and ensure secure integration between tools Build and maintain internal security tooling to support secure development, operational visibility, and compliance workflows Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, secret management, and secure build/deploy practices...