Engineering Director Authentication, IDV & Biometrics security

ABOUT US

At TOPPAN Security, our mission is to shape a meaningful, technology-driven future by being a global leader in mission-critical identity and payment technologies.

TOPPAN Security is the international security business of the TOPPAN Group, a Japanese company founded in 1900 and renowned for its commitment to exceptional quality. We design and manufacture mission-critical secure identity and payment products for governments worldwide.

Our products secure national borders and protect citizen identity. We operate across a global footprint with manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia, serving clients in over 50 countries.

Our culture is grounded in four core values: Agility, Ownership, Resilience, and a Sense of Fun. We move fast, lead with accountability, grow through challenges, and bring positive energy into everything we do.

Join us and be part of a global, collaborative team where innovation drive everything we do.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing development team specializing in secure authentication, biometric verification, and advanced digital identity solutions for governments, financial institutions, and global enterprises.

This role requires strong leadership and architectural oversight rather than hands-on coding. The ideal candidate will combine proven team management skills with deep knowledge of identity, biometrics, and security standards to drive technical excellence and delivery maturity. And the candidate shall be in a position to mentor the team to use AI for coding.

This role is key to strengthening the team's delivery discipline, architectural maturity, and technical roadmap execution as the organization scales.

Reporting to the VP of Digital Solutions, you will collaborate closely with Product Management, QA, Security, and Pre-Sales to drive alignment and execution.

Main missions :

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional engineering team.
• Establish best practices for software development, code quality, and predictable delivery.
• Foster a culture of ownership, autonomy, and accountability.
• Translate product requirements into technical designs and execution plans.
• Provide strategic technical guidance on biometric authentication, MFA, cryptography, and digital onboarding including KYC and KYB.

Delivery & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Ensure secure and reliable delivery of SDKs, APIs, and backend services.
• Align engineering execution with product roadmap, security requirements, and customer commitments.
• Collaborate with Product, Security, QA, and Pre-Sales teams to meet enterprise and government client needs.
• Represent technical leadership in key customer engagements

ABOUT YOU

You have :

• 5+ years in engineering leadership roles (e.g., Team Lead, Manager).
• Experience managing teams delivering authentication, security, identity verification, or biometric-related software.
• Strong understanding of MFA/2FA, AI applied to biometric algorithms and more particular face match, cryptography, and secure mobile SDKs.
• Familiarity with standards such as:
• FIDO2 / WebAuthn
• ISO/IEC 30106 / 19794 (biometrics)
• OAuth2 / OpenID Connect / OIDC4VC
• Proven ability to manage mid-sized engineering teams (8–20 people).
• Fluent in English and Chinese

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with PCI-DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, or regulated payment environments.
• Knowledge of PSD2/PSD3, risk-based authentication, or financial compliance.
• Exposure to verifiable credentials, identity wallets, or selective disclosure.
• Experience with cross-border teams and government tenders.

Who You Are

• A leader with a strong sense of ownership, who inspires through clarity and trust, not micro-management.
• Able to communicate effectively with developers, architects, and product owners.
• Comfortable balancing long-term architecture vision with short-term delivery goals.
• Structured, proactive, and skilled at aligning business, product, and engineering priorities.

Why you should join us :

• Work on mission-critical identity systems deployed at national and enterprise scale.
• Shape the future of biometric security and digital identity standards.
• Lead a talented team ready for its next phase of growth.
• Be part of a global ecosystem influencing identity and security standards

TOPPAN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, or disability.