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Solutions Engineer at C1 (San Francisco, CA)

C1· San Francisco, CA·

Role details

Employment
Full-Time

Job description

C1 is the modern identity governance platform that makes it possible to move beyond the limitations of legacy IGA and reduce the identity attack surface with confidence. Designed for flexibility, C1 provides a broad range of direct connectors to integrate with cloud, infrastructure, on-prem, and homegrown tools. The platform’s Access Fabric brings together previously siloed access and permissions data from across a company’s environment. This provides real-time visibility and dynamic access controls that allow businesses to reduce identity risks, move to just-in-time access, automate access reviews, and manage the full identity lifecycle. The platform delivers intuitive user experiences that help teams get up and running faster, using powerful automation backed by AI to significantly improve productivity. C1 is trusted by forward-thinking enterprises like DigitalOcean, Instacart, NFI, Ramp, and Zscaler. For more information, visit conductorone.com.

C1 is looking for a Solutions Engineer to help drive customer adoption and success by delivering technical expertise, guiding customers through evaluations, and architecting secure, scalable identity and access management solutions.

We are seeking people who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, working directly with customers to understand their needs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance our platform. If you're passionate about identity security, automation, and making access management seamless for enterprises, we'd love to hear from you. What you’ll do:

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers on identity governance, authentication, authorization, and access control strategies.
  • Architect and deliver technical solutions spanning IGA, IAM, CIEM, and PAM, mapping business requirements into scalable identity architectures.
  • Lead workshops, whiteboard sessions, and demos that showcase the business value of identity automation, access governance, and zero trust.
  • Design and implement integration strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong understanding of native identity services, policies, and entitlement models.
  • Nerd out on protocols and standards like SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, and FIDO2 — and explain them to both engineers and CISOs.
  • Build, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations and workflows using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/automation frameworks.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends (IGA, CIEM, Just-in-Time access, Zero Trust, identity for machine/non-human accounts) and share thought leadership with internal teams and customers.

You would be an excellent candidate if….

  • 1-3 years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA/AI.
  • Foundational understanding of authentication, authorization, identity services (Okta, Entra AD, LDAP, Google Workspace), and cloud IAM basics.
  • Practical knowledge of directory services (Okta, Entra ID, LDAP, Google Workspace, on-prem AD).
  • Hands-on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role-based access models, including how to govern them with IGA.
  • Comfort with GO, APIs, SDKs, JSON/YAML, scripting, and automation, Terraform or similar IaC tools.
  • Great communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Curiosity about identity security and drive to deepen technical knowledge over time.
  • Willingness to travel for customer meetings, partner events, or industry conferences.

Extra Credit if …

  • Industry-recognized certifications (CCSP, CISSP, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
  • You enjoy building new things and presenting new ideas.
  • You love helping customers understand and solve their access management challenges.

ConductorOne, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

Why work at C1

  • High-Growth Environment: As a well-funded Series B startup ($111M total), C1 offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge problems at the intersection of AI and security.
  • Mission-Driven Work: Employees contribute to building the infrastructure for the "agentic era," a highly relevant and impactful space.
  • Culture & Values: The company emphasizes empathy, authenticity, and collaboration. It has been recognized by Newsweek as one of "America's Greatest Workplaces 2024" and received a Platinum Bell Seal for workplace mental health.
  • Benefits: Comprehensive benefits include health coverage, a 401(k) plan with a 35% match up to 10%, 17 days PTO in the first year, paid parental leave, fertility coverage, and flexible work hours.
  • Work Model: Offers virtual office opportunities and flexible work hours.
  • Engineering Culture: The platform is built for engineers, with a strong emphasis on API-first, headless architecture, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CLI). This suggests a deep technical culture.

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