# Software Applications Engineer

**Company**: HP, Inc.
**Location**: Fort Collins, Colorado
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,600 to $101,000 USD annually
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Innovation is in HP's DNA. As a Software Applications Engineer, you will work closely with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to support technical solutions and customer engagements. You will help build secure new solutions and enhance existing features in our applications, support development, testing, and deployment of identity services and integrations with external identity providers, and work with senior engineers to troubleshoot and harden authentication flows.

Responsibilities:

- Help build secure new solutions and enhance existing features in our applications.

- Support development, testing, and deployment of identity services and integrations with external identity providers.

- Work with senior engineers to troubleshoot and harden authentication flows.

- Use AI coding assistants and agentic tools to speed up development, testing, and documentation, and review their output for correctness and security.

- Assist with AI-enabled automation and secure integrations with AI services.

- Contribute to documentation and best practices across our identity systems.

Education and Experience Required:

- Has completed or is in the process of completing a university degree or higher (bachelor's degree or equivalent).

- Has completed the degree prior to the start date.

- Has no more than 24 months of prior work experience professionally related to the graduate hire requisition they are applying to (not including internships, teaching assistance, research work, or military experience).

- No more than 12 months since graduation from a university program.

- Able to obtain work authorization in the United States without requiring sponsorship in the future.

Preferred Majors:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

- Programming experience in Python, Java, Go, or C++.

- Basic understanding of REST APIs, HTTP, JWTs, and authentication flows.

- Foundational knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SSO.

- Exposure to security fundamentals such as TLS, certificates, and firewalls.

- Hands-on use of AI tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) for coding or projects, plus awareness of AI security risks like prompt injection and data leakage.

- Strong communication skills and comfort working on a collaborative Agile team.

- Internship, co-op, or class project involving authentication or identity provider integration.

- Experience building with LLM APIs, or securing access for AI agents and tools (e.g., OAuth for MCP servers).

- Familiarity with Microsoft Entra (Azure AD), including app registrations and conditional access.

- Coursework or certifications in IAM, cloud, or AI (e.g., Microsoft SC-900, AZ-900).

Benefits:

- Health insurance

- Dental insurance

- Vision insurance

- Long term/short term disability insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Flexible spending account

- Life insurance

- Generous time off policies, including 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, and additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Java
- Go
- C++
- REST APIs
- HTTP
- JWTs
- OAuth 2.0
- OpenID Connect

### Nice to have
- AI tools
- LLM APIs
- Microsoft Entra
- Azure AD
- IAM
- cloud
- AI

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