Staff Backend Software Engineer, Socure
ML Systems Integration
$180-210k
+ Equity
Digital ID verification & fraud protection
Job no longer available
Digital ID verification & fraud protection
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$180-210k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To verify 100% of good identities in real-time and completely eliminate identity fraud on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Backend Engineer with deep expertise in backend software engineering and hands-on experience deploying and integrating machine learning models into production systems
- This is an ideal role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of software engineering and applied machine learning
- 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Strong command of Java or Go (ideally both)
- Experience designing and building distributed systems
- Production experience deploying ML models (TorchServe and/or SageMaker)
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL and Graph databases
- AWS experience: S3, Lambda, ECS, SQS, CloudWatch
- Strong knowledge of system observability: logging, tracing, metrics
- Comfortable designing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc)
Desirable
- Experience with TorchServe GPU tuning and resource optimization
- Model performance monitoring experience
- Familiarity with ML experimentation tools or data versioning (e.g., MLflow, DVC)
- Exposure to internationalization/NLP or document image extraction pipelines
- Experience with SageMaker pipelines or model migration to managed ML services
- Experience with AWS SageMaker
What the job involves
- This role will play a pivotal part in scaling our document verification platform, supporting both traditional backend services and the operationalization of ML models developed by our Data Science team
- You will collaborate cross-functionally with Data Science, Infrastructure, and Product teams to design scalable APIs, build robust pipelines, and ensure reliable, observable, and performant model deployments
- Backend Architecture & Development: Design and implement scalable, maintainable backend services using Java or Go
- ML Model Integration: Work closely with Data Scientists to deploy, serve, and monitor ML models (TorchServe, Flask, or SageMaker)
- System Design: Lead design discussions and planning for backend services that incorporate model inference, SQL/NoSQL and Graph databases, and metadata tracking
- Infrastructure & Observability: Partner with infrastructure engineers to ensure secure, observable, and performant deployments
- Model Lifecycle Support: Build tools and services to support model versioning, performance monitoring, and rollback mechanisms
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a bridge between Data Science and Backend Engineering teams to ensure alignment and delivery
- Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers, drive engineering best practices, and lead technical initiatives across teams
Application process
- End Date: June 16, 2025
Our take
Socure is an identity platform that aims to improve customer identification for digital transactions. The company is part of a growing market, with rivals in this competitive space including Signifyd, Riskified, AppsFlyer, ClearSale, Kount, SEON, and Fraud Fighters.
The engine delivered by Socure encompasses KYC (Know Your Customer), identity fraud detection, and document verification. With it, companies can scale rapidly by onboarding more good customers, and prevent online fraud. In addition, underbanked consumers who have been excluded from online services by outdated ID verification can gain access to critical benefits and services online.
Socure has rapidly escalated in popularity, and reached a valuation well over $1 billion. Though not immune from the economic downturn of late, which resulted in two high-profile rounds of lay-offs, the company has secured considerable additional funds that will strengthen its financial position as it moves to capitalize on the ever-growing importance of identity verification and trust.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$450m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $646.6m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive medical coverage, including vision, dental, and FSA
- Parental Leave: Generous leave allowance for parents-to-be
- 401k: Pre-tax savings for retirement
- Life Insurance: Protect your family in case of emergency
- PTO: Take as much time as you need, when you need it
- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere anytime, whatever suits your lifestyle
- WFH Allowance: Generous reimbursement program to maximize your WFH setup
- Deskpass: Work in an office environment whenever you feel the need
- Mental Health Provider: Connect with clinicians when you need it
- Learning & Development: Self-education allowance & free career coaching
- Employee Assistance Program "EAP": Lifestyle resources available as well as additional mental health resources
- Fertility Provider: Family planning solutions for those interested
- Personal Legal Support: Significant discounts with RocketLawyer
Company HQ
Incline Village, NV
Leadership
Johnny Ayers
(CEO)Founder & General Partner of Switch Hit Ventures. Having been a Senior Consultant at IBM, they became COO and Board Member of Endeavor Up. Since then, was an Advisor at Pager and later founded Socure in 2012.
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