Senior Software Engineer, ID.me

• Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional experience in platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or cloud data infrastructure
• Strong programming skills in modern languages/scripts such as Python, Bash, SQL, or Java
• Deep experience operating enterprise-scale Kubernetes fleets (GKE or EKS) and container ecosystems
• Extensive, practical experience writing modular Terraform and managing Infrastructure as Code at scale
• Demonstrated experience operating event-streaming and workflow systems such as Apache Airflow, Kafka, or BigQuery

Desirable

• ID.me is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Platform & Data Infrastructure) to architect, scale, and maintain the core cloud-native platform and data infrastructure that powers our digital identity platform
• In this role, you will take ownership of multi-region Kubernetes fleets, automated GitOps pipelines, policy-as-code governance, and enterprise data workflow orchestrations
• Working closely with Platform, Security, SRE, and Product Engineering teams, you will turn complex infrastructure into self-service developer capabilities, enforce security guardrails, and ensure high availability across critical production services
• This is a hands-on technical role for a senior engineer with deep expertise in cloud-native distributed systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps continuous delivery, and data platform operations
• Operate Cloud-Native Kubernetes Fleets: Own the lifecycle, network topology, node-pool migrations, and multi-region deployment of production Kubernetes clusters (GKE/EKS) supporting microservices at scale
• Drive GitOps & CI/CD Delivery: Maintain automated GitOps reconciliation pipelines using FluxCD and Helm, driving cluster bootstrapping, progressive rollouts, and secret integrations
• Scale Infrastructure as Code & Policy Governance: Architect modular Terraform codebases, manage enterprise workspaces (Terraform Enterprise/Terragrunt), and enforce compliance guardrails using policy-as-code frameworks (Sentinel/OPA)
• Maintain Data Platform Infrastructure: Build and optimize data pipelines and workflow orchestrations using Apache Airflow, Kafka, and enterprise data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery)
• Enforce Zero-Trust Security & Secrets Management: Integrate enterprise secret management tools (HashiCorp Vault, External Secrets Operator, Google Secret Manager/KMS) and enforce Workload Identity and network perimeter controls
• Lead Complex Infrastructure Migrations: Direct zero-downtime infrastructure initiatives, including IP-addressing migrations, cluster rebuilds, and database cutovers
• Drive Reliability, DR & On-Call Excellence: Active participation in on-call rotations, designing observability dashboards (Splunk, GCP Cloud Logging/Stackdriver), writing runbooks, and executing regional disaster recovery (DR) failover drills
• Technical Mentorship: Guide mid-level and junior engineers through code/design reviews, establishing self-service infrastructure standards across the organization