Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Public Sector Identity (Remote)

Spruce; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Spruce is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join our forward-deployed engineering team. You will design, build, and deploy identity solutions for state governments and public sector partners, working directly with customers.

This fully remote role demands hands-on coding, technical consulting, and a bias for security, privacy, and accessibility. You’ll collaborate with delivery leads, engineers, and UX designers to translate requirements into production-ready systems.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering efforts and deliver production-grade systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working directly with customers or stakeholders.
• 2+ years of experience building backend systems in statically typed languages (Rust, Go, C#, or Java).
• Strong background in modern web frontends (React, TypeScript, or similar) with an eye for accessibility and security.
• Experience with digital identity, cryptography, data privacy, or blockchain technologies (e.g., Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, OAuth, OpenID Connect).
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, or RESTful API design and development.
• Exposure to mobile app development (React Native, Flutter, or similar frameworks).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation using Terraform, or similar tools.
• Experience in security engineering, access control, federated identity, or PKI systems.
• Prior work in public sector, government technology, or other high-compliance environments.
• Contributions to open-source projects or participation in digital identity standards bodies (W3C, DIF, IETF) is a plus.
• Interest in usability, accessibility (WCAG, Section 508), and inclusive product design.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy full-stack solutions for state governments and public sector partners.
• Collaborate with customer delivery leads, engineers, and UX designers to ensure successful deployments.
• Translate customer requirements into technical architectures and production-ready systems.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor for partners adopting open identity standards and privacy best practices.
• Build backend services and full-stack web or mobile apps that meet public sector security, privacy, and accessibility standards.
• Contribute to Rust codebases that run across backend, mobile, and browser environments.
• Manage customer deployments and provide post-launch technical support.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Backend development

Frontend development

Open source

Security & privacy

Communication skills

Public sector experience

Identity tech knowledge

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

PostgreSQL

GraphQL

REST APIs

Terraform

React Native

Flutter

Job description

Spruce is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join our forward-deployed engineering team. You will design, build, and deploy identity solutions for state governments and public sector partners, working directly with customers.

This fully remote role demands hands-on coding, technical consulting, and a bias for security, privacy, and accessibility. You’ll collaborate with delivery leads, engineers, and UX designers to translate requirements into production-ready systems.