Walter
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AuthenticationEngineer
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“Authentication Engineer at Walter. Skills: Authentication, Identity, Security, Risk engine. Build authentication features. Maintain authentication experience”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 3+ years software development, 1+ year AI tooling use, Experience with OAuth2, Experience with OpenID Connect, Experience with SAML, Experience with FIDO2/WebAuthn, Experience building fraud detection, Proficiency in server-side framework, Ability to ship features, Communication and collaboration skills, Familiarity with security best practices
Nice to Have
Experience with React, Experience with frontend frameworks, Comfort in fast-moving product, Startup or high-growth experience
What You'll Do.
Build authentication features
Maintain authentication experience
Improve authentication experience
Drive features end-to-end
Collaborate with Product
Collaborate with Design
Collaborate with Security
Translate requirements to code
Own real-time risk engine
Evolve real-time risk engine
Integrate risk engine
Detect credential attacks
Mitigate credential attacks
Detect account takeover
Mitigate account takeover
Preserve low-friction experience
Apply security best practices
Raise bar for reliability
Raise bar for observability
Raise bar for incident response
Write high-quality code
Write maintainable code
Address technical debt
Improve shared components
Integrate with MFA providers
Integrate with email services
Integrate with SMS services
Integrate with identity services
Integrate with relying parties
Raise integration issues
Raise integration opportunities
Partner with Security
Partner with Identity
Partner with engineering teams
Participate in planning
Participate in retrospectives
Participate in cross-team discussions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional collaboration; Adjacent engineering teams; Cross-team discussions
Process & Methodology
Planning, Retrospectives
Full Job Description
**Summary** We are the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with us once and seamlessly log in across websites without needing to create a new login and re-verify. Over 140 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with us at 20 federal agencies and 44 state agencies **General Information** **Onsite Location: Mountain View, CA OR McLean, VA (Onsite 5 days per week)** We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Wallet - Authentication team, where we build the core sign-in, registration, and account management experiences that over 140 million members rely on to access the our identity wallet. As a Software Engineer III, you will work end-to-end across our authentication stack — building features that balance security, usability, and trust at scale. Your work will sit at the intersection of identity, security, and consumer experience, directly shaping how millions of people prove and access who they are online. **Key Responsibilities** * Build & Ship Authentication Features: Build, maintain, and improve the ID.me Wallet authentication experience — sign-in, registration, MFA, account recovery, password reset, and MyWallet. Independently drive small-to-medium features end-to-end from design through deployment, collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Security to translate requirements into well-tested, production-ready code. * Security, Risk & Reliability: Own and evolve the team's real-time risk engine and its integration across authentication flows — detecting and mitigating credential attacks, account takeover, and abuse while preserving a low-friction experience for legitimate members. * Apply security best practices as a first-class concern in every feature you ship, and help raise the bar for authentication reliability, observability, and incident response across the team's services. * Code Quality & Engineering Craft: W
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