Staff Software Engineer, ID.me
Platform & Traffic Engineering
$217.6-260k
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Digital identity verification platform
Open for applications
Digital identity verification platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$217.6-260k
Office located in Mountain View, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the world a more trusted place by delivering the highest level of security with the least amount of friction at the lowest possible cost.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on infrastructure, cloud services, or developer platforms
- 6+ years of experience with a modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Ruby, JavaScript).
Desirable
- Deep experience designing systems that integrate with AWS, GCP, and/or other major cloud providers
- Expert knowledge in service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd), proxies (e.g., Envoy, NGINX), and API gateways
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi), and GitOps principles
- Proven track record of technical leadership and driving large-scale platform initiatives
- Experience with security compliance in enterprise environments (e.g., SOC2, FedRAMP)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in technical contexts
- Passion for mentorship, documentation, and elevating team performance
- Understanding of production observability principles (logging, metrics, alerting)
- Demonstrated ownership of at least one significant project or feature from design through launch
- Contributions to open-source projects in the infrastructure or traffic engineering space
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer (SDE-V) to join our growing infrastructure engineering team at ID.me
- As an SDE-V, you’ll have the charter to focus on building the foundational Platform Services and Traffic Engineering capabilities that power our internal and external systems at scale
- ID.me is a platform company, embracing an API-first development strategy to ensure consistent, scalable, and reusable systems
- As an SDE-V, you will lead the design and development of scalable infrastructure tools that abstract and expose capabilities from cloud platforms (such as AWS and GCP) and SaaS providers (Cloudflare), transforming them into reusable building blocks for our internal engineering teams
- You will also be a key driver in evolving our traffic management architecture, taking ownership of key systems such as Envoy, Istio, Cloudflare, API Gateways, and cross-cloud networking strategies
- This role is based out of our Mountain View, CA office or Mclean, VA office, and requires full-time in-office attendance
- Lead the design and implement platform APIs and tools that expose cloud and SaaS services (e.g., GCP IAM, AWS EventBridge, Secrets Manager) in a consistent, secure, and developer-friendly way
- Own end-to-end delivery of service orchestration layers and APIs that standardize provisioning, access control, observability, and lifecycle management for underlying cloud-native services
- Architect and evolve the service mesh and API gateway infrastructure across multi-cloud environments using technologies such as Envoy, Istio, NGINX, and Cloudflare
- Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and pairing
- Lead initiatives to optimize routing, failover, and ingress/egress strategies for performance, resilience, and cost
- Develop tooling and automation for traffic observability, policy enforcement, and fine-grained access control
- Set technical direction and mentor other engineers within the Infrastructure team and across engineering orgs
- Partner with security, compliance, and developer experience teams to ensure platform services align with internal policies and standards
- Drive adoption of platform services and traffic engineering best practices across engineering teams
Our take
ID.me is a digital identity verification platform that simplifies how individuals prove and share their identity online. From identity proofing, authentication, and group affiliation verification the company’s services are highly scalable, as organizations across all sectors benefit from the type of technology provided by ID.me.
While there are a number of identity verification platforms in the space, ID.me has secured a considerable market share. It's formed partnerships with 31 states, multiple federal agencies, and over 500 name-brand retailers, resulting in over 100 million users - and over 70,000 individuals joining every day.
The company has raised significant funding over the years. While the intended use for new capital has yet to be specified, ID has been focusing efforts on improved customer experiences, operational enhancements, and product updates in order to maintain its competitive edge.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Apr 2023
$132m
SERIES D
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $287.4m
Company benefits
- Company-Sponsored Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans for You and Your Family
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401K With Employer Matching
- Company-Sponsored Life Insurance
- Employee Equity Incentive Plan
- Remote Opportunities
- Multiple Lounge Areas and Game Room
- Numerous Mental Health Resources
Company HQ
Tysons, VA
Leadership
Blake Hall
(CEO)Current Advisor at several companies, including AgentHero and Boomtown!. Former Army Officer in the U.S. Army.
Tanel Suurhans
(CTO)They have also served as the company's EVP of Technology in conjunction with being CTO. Former Software Engineer at PerfectLine and AS Delfi.
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