Walter

Technology

AuthenticationEngineer

$165–225k ~AI est. Mountain View, California, United States; McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Authentication Engineer at Walter. Skills: Authentication, Identity, Security, Risk engine. Build authentication features. Maintain authentication experience”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

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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