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ID.me Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. We are seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer (SDE VI) to join our growing core platform engineering teams at ID.me. As a Principal Engineer, you’ll lead the evolution of our Developer Experience (DevEx) strategy within the Engineering organization. This role is pivotal in shaping the tools, automation, and practices that empower our internal engineering teams to build, deploy, and maintain services efficiently and securely at scale. ID.me is evolving as a platform company, embracing an API-first development strategy to deliver consistent, scalable, and reusable systems across its ecosystem. As a Principal Engineer on the Core Platform Engineering team, you will play a key role in realizing this vision—driving the architectural and strategic direction for developer enablement. You’ll lead high-impact, cross-team initiatives, set engineering standards, shape platform interfaces, and design service lifecycle tooling that empowers teams to build and operate with speed, consistency, and confidence. Your close collaboration with infrastructure, security, and product teams will ensure a seamless, integrated developer experience across the organization. This role is based out of our Mountain View, CA office or Mclean, VA office, and requires full-time in-office attendance. Responsibilities include strategic leadership to define and execute the long-term vision for Developer Experience, tooling and automation architecture, standardization at scale, developer platform leadership, cross-team collaboration, mentorship and influence, and measurement and feedback. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science or related field, 15+ years of professional software development experience, and proficiency in a modern programming language. Preferred qualifications include deep expertise in developer tooling, internal platforms, infrastructure, experience with Infrastructure as Code, observability stacks, secure software delivery pipelines, leadership skills, and excellent communication and system design skills. ID.me maintains a discrimination-free work environment and adheres to equal employment opportunity principles. Seniority level
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Principal Software Engineer - Developer Experience
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ID.me Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. We are seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer (SDE VI) to join our growing core platform engineering teams at ID.me. As a Principal Engineer, you’ll lead the evolution of our Developer Experience (DevEx) strategy within the Engineering organization. This role is pivotal in shaping the tools, automation, and practices that empower our internal engineering teams to build, deploy, and maintain services efficiently and securely at scale. ID.me is evolving as a platform company, embracing an API-first development strategy to deliver consistent, scalable, and reusable systems across its ecosystem. As a Principal Engineer on the Core Platform Engineering team, you will play a key role in realizing this vision—driving the architectural and strategic direction for developer enablement. You’ll lead high-impact, cross-team initiatives, set engineering standards, shape platform interfaces, and design service lifecycle tooling that empowers teams to build and operate with speed, consistency, and confidence. Your close collaboration with infrastructure, security, and product teams will ensure a seamless, integrated developer experience across the organization. This role is based out of our Mountain View, CA office or Mclean, VA office, and requires full-time in-office attendance. Responsibilities include strategic leadership to define and execute the long-term vision for Developer Experience, tooling and automation architecture, standardization at scale, developer platform leadership, cross-team collaboration, mentorship and influence, and measurement and feedback. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science or related field, 15+ years of professional software development experience, and proficiency in a modern programming language. Preferred qualifications include deep expertise in developer tooling, internal platforms, infrastructure, experience with Infrastructure as Code, observability stacks, secure software delivery pipelines, leadership skills, and excellent communication and system design skills. ID.me maintains a discrimination-free work environment and adheres to equal employment opportunity principles. Seniority level
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