Senior Software Engineer, Persona

Infrastructure

$190-250k

+ Equity packages. Salary applicable to SF & NY only

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Ruby

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

Identity verification infrastructure solution

Job no longer available

Identity verification infrastructure solution

501-1000 employees

B2BSecurityEnterpriseCompliancePrivacyAPIAutomationIdentity

Job no longer available

$190-250k

+ Equity packages. Salary applicable to SF & NY only

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Ruby

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

501-1000 employees

B2BSecurityEnterpriseCompliancePrivacyAPIAutomationIdentity

Company mission

To humanize online identity by helping companies verify that their users are who they say they are.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BA/BS in computer science, software engineering or equivalent experience
5+ years of work experience as an infrastructure engineer working with cloud-based infrastructure, online data stores and infrastructure-as-code pipelines
Experience in cloud-based infrastructure, familiarity with modern networking concepts and experience managing infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices
Experience managing and scaling containerized software deployment systems such as Kubernetes
Experience in Software development in one or more of the general-purpose programming languages: Ruby, Go, Python, Java, etc
Experience in working in high-energy small startup environments
Knowledge of and expertise in software engineering best practices for software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Ability to communicate effectively with users, technical teams, and management
Strong problem-solving skills
The ability to work effectively within a fully remote engineering environment

What the job involves

We are looking for passionate engineers who are excited to build the identity layer for the internet
As an Infrastructure Engineer at Persona, you will be responsible for building, operating and monitoring the foundational components upon which our services are built
You will help empower our engineering organization to deliver product features to our customers rapidly, with high scalability, excellent resilience and cost effectiveness
Our infrastructure team operates remotely in the United States (with teammates in each time zone!), but commits to visiting our San Francisco HQ once a quarter to work together in person
Embrace and champion engineering best practices within the product engineering teams
Work closely with product teams to plan and build scalable, resilient and cost-effective infrastructure systems that meet launch goals, reach new markets and scale with product demand
Partner with fellow engineering teams to deliver on complex initiatives together
Develop simple, elegant solutions to complex problems
You will work in a solution stack that extends all the way from complex back-end data through web services to highly usable web-based user interfaces
You will be able to directly shape system design, development methodologies, and implementation technologies

Our take

Persona enables businesses to verify customer identities, fostering trust in online interactions and aiding in age verification, fraud prevention and account recovery. It offers a comprehensive suite of automated identity verification components with worldwide coverage that can be configured, branded and themed to create custom-tailored flows for any use case.

Businesses and governmental organizations can access Persona’s platform via an API, which supports various documents from government-issued IDs to biometrics, ensuring customers are who they claim to be. Persona’s platform also collects passive signals such as a user’s device, location and behavioural patterns to provide a more holistic risk profile, beneficial in financial and insurance contexts.

An impressive partnership with MDT saw Persona enable credit unions to adjust their identity verification flows in real-time, strengthening fraud prevention. The company continues to attract funding which supports the scaling of its offerings and reach. In fact, in 2025, it reached a $2 billion valuation, which showcases the success it has had.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

40% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.6)

Trustpilot (1.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2025

$200m

SERIES D

Sep 2021

$150m

SERIES C

Total funding: $417.6m

Company benefits

Professional Development
Catered meals
Wellness benefit
401(k)
Unlimited time off
Parental benefits
Mental health
Health and wellness
Bevsday (free drink on Wednesday)
Family planning

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Rick Song

(CEO & Co-founder)

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Maths, Economics at Rice University. KPCB Engineering Fellow, then Engineer at Square.

Charles Yeh

(CTO & Co-founder)

Studied Computer Science at Brown. Software Engineer at Zynga, and Technical Lead at Dropbox.

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