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We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. \nOur intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. \nWhile protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. \nWe're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. \nThe Ping Identity Data Platform team is building the next generation of enterprise AI governance capabilities to enable secure, scalable, and responsible adoption of AI agents. The team is evolving governance frameworks, platforms, and operational processes to manage AI agents across the enterprise, addressing key areas such as security, compliance, identity, risk management, and responsible AI.\nAs part of our data platform team, you will help define and implement capabilities for agent discovery, lifecycle governance, policy enforcement, observability, and secure integration of AI agents, tools, MCP servers, and enterprise resources. You will work on taking governance concepts from design to reality in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional environment, partnering with engineering, security, compliance, and product teams to shape the future of AI adoption.\nYou Will:\nDesign, develop, and maintain AI agent governance capabilities across AI platforms like Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Foundry etc.\nLeverage AI coding assistants and agentic development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining a strong focus on clear requirements, modular design, observability, maintainability, and code quality.\nDrive the evolution of core Identity Governance capabilities-including certifications, lifecycle management, workflows, and Separation of Duties (SoD)-by enhancing existing functionality, improving performance and scalability, and delivering incremental features that strengthen enterprise identity governance.\nPartner closely with Support and customer-facing teams to troubleshoot and resolve customer issues, drive timely solutions, improve product reliability, and deliver a positive customer experience that builds trust and customer delight.\nEnsure Ops readiness and observability for the features shipped, by implementing logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerts.\nDocument architecture, governance processes, operational procedures, and engineering best practices for AI agents.\nYou Have:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, ML Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\nHands-on coding experience in developing enterprise and cloud applications using Java and Python\n6+ years of experience in ML Engineering- related software engineering roles, with hands-on experience in ML algorithms such as FP-Growth, techniques such as Market Basket Analysis, data ingestion, data preparation, data processing, and building scalable data pipelines using frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Beam, or Apache Flink.\nExperience with BigQuery, SQL, NoSQL databases, and Elasticsearch.\nExperience designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting analytical queries.\nHands-on experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines andlarge-scale data processing solutions.\nFamiliarity with structured and unstructured data management concepts.\nGood understanding of distributed data systems and data integration patterns.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nFamiliarity with AWS and/or GCP cloud platforms\nBonus Points If You Have:\nExposure to Identity Governance (IGA) concepts.\nExperience building MCP servers and AI agents using popular frameworks such as LangGraph and LlamaIndex.\nExperience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.\nExperience building enterprise-scale distributed systems.\nExperience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.\nCompensation Range: $132,000-$170,000\nIn accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.\nLife at Ping:\nWe believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. \nHere are just a few of the things that make Ping special:\nA company culture that empowers you to do your best work.\nEmployee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.\nRegular company and team bonding events.\nCompetitive benefits and perks.\nGlobal volunteering and community initiatives\nOur Benefits: \nGenerous PTO & Holiday Schedule \nParental Leave\nProgressive Healthcare Options\nRetirement Programs\nOpportunity for Education Reimbursement \nCommuter Offset (Specific locations) \nPing is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.\nWe are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 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