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Staff Software Development Engineer – Wallet - Authentication

ID.me · Mountain View, California, United States · On-site

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About the role

IDMe is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with IDMe once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 175 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with IDMe at 22 federal agencies, 50 state government agencies, and more than 100 healthcare organizations. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise building and operating high-availability backend services and APIs at scale
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives from definition through delivery with minimal oversight, setting technical direction and making sound architectural tradeoffs along the way
  • Expert-level proficiency in a modern backend language and ecosystem (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, or Scala), with a track record of building and operating production services and APIs
  • Demonstrated expertise designing, documenting, and evolving REST or GraphQL APIs, and owning the contracts that internal teams, external consumers, and SDKs depend on across their full lifecycle
  • Strong understanding of secure system design — including authentication, authorization, session and token handling, and defending production systems against abuse
More about this role

IDMe is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with IDMe once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 175 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with IDMe at 22 federal agencies, 50 state government agencies, and more than 100 healthcare organizations. Over 600 consumer brands use IDMe to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. IDMe’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. IDMe is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/ .

IDMe is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA; Mountain View, CA; New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles...

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