Standards Architect

Yubico, the inventor of the YubiKey, the world's first and leading security key, makes secure login easy and available for everyone. The company was founded in 2007 by Stina and Jakob Ehrensvard, and recently went public on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm: YUBICO. Customers include 30% of Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of government agencies and millions of individuals in over 160 countries, relying on Yubico technology to secure access to computers, online services and mobile apps. The company is located in 14 countries with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and Santa Clara, CA. . We are a diverse, multinational, fast-growing company fueled by a strong company culture and our mission to make the internet safer for all.

At Yubico, we offer:

Freedom and Flexibility: At Yubico, we want you to be your most productive selves whether you decide to work 100% from home or choose to work hybrid/onsite. The way we balance the fast-paced demands of a high-growth company and sustainability is making rest a priority.

Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Aligned with this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups: YubiPride, YubiBIPOC, YubiSustainability and YubiWomen. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here).

Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. We host an all-team event in a new location every year where we plan for upcoming quarters, set goals, and most importantly, host fun events to encourage team building outside of the workplace. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here.

The Role:

Yubico is looking for a Senior Standards Architect to contribute to our influence in the development of standards that are integral to our products.  This role will be directly responsible for integrating with the technical working groups at the FIDO Alliance, W3C, and other standards bodies. Yubico leverages the standards created by these groups as the primary way for integrate YubiKeys into authentication solutions at scale. 

You should be a detail-oriented person who can see the big picture of the unintended consequences of decisions today.  You should not only be an experienced engineer in Identity solutions but also understand the relationships in the industry that drive these solutions forward.  We are looking for the proactive people who can help execute on a strategy and provide thoughtful and detailed feedback when presenting new options to leadership.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Understand, enhance, maintain, and grow the Yubico’s influence in the development of new standards
• Participate in events throughout the year and across the globe for the purpose of driving forward these standards.
• Develop and maintain an internal briefing on the evolution of technology as it pertains to Yubico’s business interests
• Establish a leadership role in the different working groups at the standards bodies that Yubico is engaged with

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience (or equivalent) deploying identity management solutions
• Proven experience building and supporting commercial server software on one of the 3 major cloud platforms
• Advanced knowledge of cloud services
• Excellent communication skills

Bonus Qualifications:

• Extensive hands-on experience with CTAP, WebAuthn, OpenID, and SCIM protocols
• Experience with digital wallets, distributed identity, and national identity schemes
• Experience deploying authentication solutions for these areas: enterprise, consumer, or government to citizen services
• Great at systems-level thinking: edge cases, failure modes, behaviors, specific implementations
• Web security experience