Software Engineer - II

Socure; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Socure is seeking a Software Engineer for the Document Verification (DocV) team to build and scale backend services powering identity verification at real-time scale. You will develop microservices and APIs for document capture, processing, and verification, integrating with ML models to ensure authenticity and fraud detection.

You will collaborate with Product, Data Science/ML, and Infrastructure in an agile environment to deliver new features, improve reliability, and drive secure data

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable backend services and APIs.
• Familiarity with microservices architectures and secure data handling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services: design, build, and support robust, secure APIs for identity document processing at scale.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science/ML, and Infrastructure to deliver new document verification features in an agile environment.
• Improve code quality, testing coverage, performance, and CI/CD for DocV backend systems.

Tools

Backend development

API design

Microservices

CI/CD

Job description

Why Socure?

Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy — verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts. The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day.

We hire people who want that level of responsibility. People who move fast, think critically, act like owners, and care deeply about solving customer problems with precision. If you want predictability or narrow scope, this won’t be your place. If you want to help build the future of identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself — keep reading.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer on Socure’s Document Verification (DocV) team, you will play a key role in building and enhancing the core server-side components that power large-scale identity verification. You’ll develop critical microservices and APIs responsible for document capture, processing, and verification—integrating with advanced machine learning models to ensure ID authenticity and detect fraud. Your contributions will enable millions of users to verify their identities quickly and securely, strengthening Socure’s reputation for trust, speed, and security.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services: Design, build, and support robust, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs for identity document processing and verification. Ensure systems are reliable and performant at high scale.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Data Science/Machine Learning, and Infrastructure teams to deliver new document verification features. Translate product requirements and ML model outputs into efficient backend solutions within an agile environment.

• Improve code quality and practices: Champion best practices in coding, code review, testing coverage, performance optimizations, security, and CI/CD for DocV backend systems, driving enhancements in reliability and maintainability.

• Own backend architecture: Take ownership of backend architectural decisions, championing best practices in API design, microservice architecture, and secure data handling. Design systems