ID.me

Technology

StaffSoftwareEngineer

$275–450k ~AI est. Mountain View, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Staff candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer at ID.me. Skills: Trust Graph, Identity claims, API contracts. Drive architectural decisions. Set standard for correctness”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience, Staff Engineer level experience

Nice to Have

Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms is a plus

What You'll Do.

Drive architectural decisions

Set standard for correctness

Set standard for reliability

Lead complex initiatives

Shape trust data model

Raise bar for quality

Raise bar for security

Raise bar for operational excellence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team initiatives; Identity and authentication platform

Full Job Description

Company Overview ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 600+ consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’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. ID.me 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/. Role Overview ID.me is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Trust Service team, where we build and operate the core infrastructure that decides how much trust to extend to every identity claim made by over 152 million members. The Trust Service owns the Trust Graph, a structured, queryable record of identity inspections that captures what was verified and how reliably it was verified. Every downstream access decision at federal agencies, state governments, healthcare organizations, and consumer brands depends on the trust data our service produces. The Trust Service is a foundational platform API: its correctness, availability, and contract stability directly affect every team that builds on top of it. As a Staff Engineer, you will be the technical anchor for this service. You will drive architectural decisions, set the standard for correctness and reliability on a system where errors have real identity and access consequences, and lead complex cross-team initiatives that span the identity and authenticat

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