ID.me
Staff Software Engineer - Platform & Traffic Engineering
ID.me, Mountain View, California, us, 94039
Staff Software Engineer - Platform & Traffic Engineering
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. Over140 millionusers experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at20 federalagencies,44 state government agencies, and66 healthcareorganizations. More than600 consumer brandsuse ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.mes 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, visithttps://network.id.me/ . 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 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 ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 44 state government agencies, and 66 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.mes 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 We are seeking a
Staff
Software Development Engineer (SDE-V)
to join our growing infrastructure engineering team at ID.me. As an SDE-V, youll 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 . Responsibilities 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. Minimum Qualifications Bachelors 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. Preferred Qualifications 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. The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role. ID.me offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays, short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit. The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors. U.S. Pay Range $183,367 - $214,500 USD Mountain View, CA Pay Range $217,565 - $260,000 USD ID.me maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. ID.me does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. ID.me adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, ID.me's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations. Please review our Privacy Policy, including our CCPA policy, at id.me/privacy . If you provide ID.me with any personally identifiable information you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in our Privacy Policy. ID.me participates in E-Verify. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at ID.me? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Apply for this job
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For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file. As set forth in ID.mes Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law. If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows: A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985. Select... Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
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We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years. Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp . How do you know if you have a disability?
A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities. If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability.
Disabilities include, but are not limited to: Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally) Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS Blind or low vision Cancer (past or present) Cardiovascular or heart disease Celiac disease Cerebral palsy Deaf or serious difficulty hearing Diabetes Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders Epilepsy or other seizure disorder Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome Intellectual or developmental disability Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD Missing limbs or partially missing limbs Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinsons disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities Partial or complete paralysis (any cause) Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema Short stature (dwarfism) Traumatic brain injury Disability Status Select...
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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. Over140 millionusers experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at20 federalagencies,44 state government agencies, and66 healthcareorganizations. More than600 consumer brandsuse ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.mes 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, visithttps://network.id.me/ . 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 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 ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 44 state government agencies, and 66 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.mes 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 We are seeking a
Staff
Software Development Engineer (SDE-V)
to join our growing infrastructure engineering team at ID.me. As an SDE-V, youll 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 . Responsibilities 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. Minimum Qualifications Bachelors 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. Preferred Qualifications 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. The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role. ID.me offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays, short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit. The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors. U.S. Pay Range $183,367 - $214,500 USD Mountain View, CA Pay Range $217,565 - $260,000 USD ID.me maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. ID.me does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. ID.me adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, ID.me's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations. Please review our Privacy Policy, including our CCPA policy, at id.me/privacy . If you provide ID.me with any personally identifiable information you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in our Privacy Policy. ID.me participates in E-Verify. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at ID.me? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Apply for this job
indicates a required field First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone * Resume/CV * Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? * Select... Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally in the United States? * Select... Are you currently, or have you previously, worked at ID.me? * Select... Do you currently reside in the Washington, D.C. metro area? * Select... If you do not currently reside in the Washington, D.C. Metro area, are you open to relocation? Select... LinkedIn Profile How did you hear about this job? (Referral, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, press release or news source, recruiter, ID.me Careers page, or other.)Please share details. * Voluntary Self-Identification
For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file. As set forth in ID.mes Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law. If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows: A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service. An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985. Select... Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
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Form CC-305 Page 1 of 1 OMB Control Number 1250-0005 Expires 04/30/2026 Why are you being asked to complete this form?
We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years. Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp . How do you know if you have a disability?
A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities. If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability.
Disabilities include, but are not limited to: Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally) Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS Blind or low vision Cancer (past or present) Cardiovascular or heart disease Celiac disease Cerebral palsy Deaf or serious difficulty hearing Diabetes Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders Epilepsy or other seizure disorder Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome Intellectual or developmental disability Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD Missing limbs or partially missing limbs Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinsons disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities Partial or complete paralysis (any cause) Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema Short stature (dwarfism) Traumatic brain injury Disability Status Select...
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