ID.me
Software Engineer IIIMcLean, Virginia; Mountain View, California,...
ID.me - Mountain View, California, us, 94039
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Software Engineer III
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) to join our growing infrastructure engineering team at ID.me. As an SDEIII, you'll have the opportunity to empower our internal product engineering teams by building and maintaining tools, templates, and automation that streamline the development lifecyclefrom project initiation to production readiness. ID.me is a platform company, embracing an API-first development strategy to ensure consistent, scalable, and reusable systems. As an SDE III, you will be instrumental in enabling engineers to rapidly bootstrap new projects (such as new API services), upgrade existing services to align with best practices, and ensure consistent adoption of production standards 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
Lead the design and implementation of high-quality CLI tools, GitHub Actions, or other automation to apply standardized production readiness configurations (e.g., security settings, observability setup, infrastructure hooks). Own end-to-end delivery of medium to large platform features or services, from technical design through deployment and support. Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and pairing. Collaborate, contribute to, and evolve the internal platform experience, ensuring high usability and developer satisfaction. Drive best practices in code quality, observability, security, and operational readiness. Contribute to the evolution of ID.me's platform by building foundational services and frameworks used across the organization. Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. 3+ years of professional software development experience. Proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Ruby, JavaScript). Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in a platform or product infrastructure team. Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and DevOps tooling. Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or other cloud platforms. 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. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and CI/CD systems. Experience building or contributing to internal development platforms, SDKs, or scaffolding tools. Understanding of production observability principles (logging, metrics, alerting). Demonstrated ownership of at least one significant project or feature from design through launch. 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.
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) to join our growing infrastructure engineering team at ID.me. As an SDEIII, you'll have the opportunity to empower our internal product engineering teams by building and maintaining tools, templates, and automation that streamline the development lifecyclefrom project initiation to production readiness. ID.me is a platform company, embracing an API-first development strategy to ensure consistent, scalable, and reusable systems. As an SDE III, you will be instrumental in enabling engineers to rapidly bootstrap new projects (such as new API services), upgrade existing services to align with best practices, and ensure consistent adoption of production standards 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
Lead the design and implementation of high-quality CLI tools, GitHub Actions, or other automation to apply standardized production readiness configurations (e.g., security settings, observability setup, infrastructure hooks). Own end-to-end delivery of medium to large platform features or services, from technical design through deployment and support. Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and pairing. Collaborate, contribute to, and evolve the internal platform experience, ensuring high usability and developer satisfaction. Drive best practices in code quality, observability, security, and operational readiness. Contribute to the evolution of ID.me's platform by building foundational services and frameworks used across the organization. Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. 3+ years of professional software development experience. Proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Ruby, JavaScript). Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in a platform or product infrastructure team. Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and DevOps tooling. Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or other cloud platforms. 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. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and CI/CD systems. Experience building or contributing to internal development platforms, SDKs, or scaffolding tools. Understanding of production observability principles (logging, metrics, alerting). Demonstrated ownership of at least one significant project or feature from design through launch. 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.