Senior Software Development Engineer - Shopping Graph

Idme; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 190,978 - 214,052; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Unlimited paid time off

Learning and development benefits

Job summary

Idme is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Mountain View, CA to design and build a next-generation SaaS Commerce Platform. This role involves implementing APIs and backend services supporting merchant onboarding and identity-gated offers.

The ideal candidate should have 6+ years of backend software experience and strong command of modern programming languages. ID.me offers a comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary ranging from $190,978 to $214,052.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend software engineering.
• 5+ years in modern languages like Java, Ruby, Go, or Python.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain Merchant, Resource, Discount, and UseCase API endpoints.
• Build backend services for internal applications and developers.
• Partner with teams to improve developer onboarding flows.

Skills

Backend Software Engineering

API Development

Java

Python

Ruby

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Prometheus

Datadog

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/.

ID.me is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA; Mountain View, CA; New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles — such as field-based sales or other remote-by-design positions — may have different work arrangements as noted in their individual postings.

At ID.me, we embrace the thoughtful use of AI tools in our daily work and there are even occasions where we leverage AI in our hiring process. However, during the interview process, we want to understand your individual skills and experiences. Therefore, we have guidelines on how AI can be appropriately used during your application and interviews which can be found here.

About the Role

ID.me is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to help design and build the next-generation SaaS Commerce Platform and Developer Ecosystem. The Shopping Graph team provides the primitives for merchant registration, identity-gated discounts, resource management, and policy enforcement—enabling both internal applications and external developers to build trusted, identity-powered commerce experiences.

As a Senior Engineer, you will be a key individual contributor implementing the APIs and backend services that power merchant onboarding, identity-gated offers, and OAuth 2.0 access flows. You will collaborate closely with Staff and Principal engineers to deliver scalable, secure, and developer-friendly APIs that form the foundation of ID.me’s commerce ecosystem.

This role is based in our Mountain View, CA office, 5 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Development

• Implement and maintain Merchant, Resource, Discount, and UseCase API endpoints as core primitives of the Commerce Platform.
• Build reliable, well-tested backend services that support both internal applications and external developers.
• Contribute to an API-first, platform-first codebase ensuring services are scalable, extensible, and secure.

Developer Experience

• Partner with the Developer Experience team to deliver intuitive onboarding flows for external merchants and developers.
• Write clear API documentation and contribute to developer-facing resources that enable easy integration.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with the Authentication Platform, Organization Platform, Marketplace Apps, and Identity Graph teams to ensure consistency across ID.me’s ecosystem.
• Drive adoption of best practices in distributed system design, observability, reliability engineering, and modern DevOps tooling.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team standards and engineering excellence.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in backend software engineering, including API development for customer-facing products.
• 5+ years of experience in one or more modern languages such as Java, Ruby, Go, or Python, with experience building RESTful APIs and distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of API design, versioning strategies, and contract-first development practices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP), infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform), and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of identity and access management standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or SAML.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Datadog, or similar.
• Experience building high-reliability systems with a focus on performance, fault tolerance, and operational excellence.
• Exposure to multi-tenant SaaS architectures or identity-powered commerce platforms.

Benefits

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.

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.

Mountain View, CA Pay Range: $190,978 - $214,052 USD

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Civil Rights Statement

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.

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