Staff Software Development Engineer - Tools Team Software

Front Door Defense; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 183,367 - 214,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Unlimited paid time off

Job summary

ID.me is looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead a team in McLean, VA. You will innovate and modernize AI-driven internal tools, ensuring a seamless verification process. Ideal candidates have over 10 years in full-stack engineering and expertise in LLMs and agent workflows.

This role demands on-site presence and involves mentoring engineers while overseeing best practices in Ruby on Rails and GoLang. Competitive compensation is offered, including significant benefits and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in full-stack engineering, scaling customer-facing applications.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with LLM integration and agentic workflows.
• 5+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails, GoLang, and React/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision for integrating LLMs into internal tools.
• Mentor engineers on prompt engineering and modern full-stack best practices.
• Ensure AI-driven automations comply with security and data protection standards.

Skills

LLM integration and building agentic workflows

Ruby on Rails

GoLang

React/TypeScript

Full-stack engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Job description

Staff Software Development Engineer – Tools Team

Lead the AI-driven modernization of ID.me internal tools and verification workflows.

Location: McLean, Virginia, United States

Compensation: $183,367 - $214,500 USD / year

Job Tags: Software

Role Overview

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the ID.me Tools Team to lead the evolution of our custom in-house web applications. This team drives our Call Centers and Supervised Identity Verification flows—the 'front door' of the premier digital wallet.

In this role, you won't just be maintaining legacy systems; you will champion an AI-native engineering culture. We leverage Claude and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to supercharge our development lifecycle, while architecting production-grade solutions on Google Vertex AI to build agents that automate complex, manual call center functions, streamlining how our members interact with identity verification. You will oversee the intersection of Ruby on Rails, GoLang, and cutting-edge LLM orchestration to build a best-in-class, secure, and AI-augmented authentication experience.

Key Responsibilities

• AI Orchestration & Agent Design: Lead the technical vision for integrating LLMs (specifically Claude) into our internal tools. Design and deploy autonomous agents that automate manual call center workflows.
• Product Evolution: Lead the technical vision for member support-facing verification UI flows, ensuring AI-assisted tools are seamlessly integrated into the agent and member experience.
• Shared Infrastructure: Develop shared UI components and API patterns that support scalable, multi-product verification workflows and AI-driven automation.
• System Integrity: Ensure all AI-driven automations comply with strict IAM, security, and data protection standards.
• Mentorship & Excellence: Mentor engineers on prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and modern full-stack best practices (Rails/Go/React).
• Instrumentation: Lead experimentation efforts, including A/B testing AI agent performance versus manual flows and detecting fraud through UX signals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in full-stack engineering, with a proven track record of scaling customer-facing applications.
• 1+ years of hands‑on experience with LLM integration (Claude/OpenAI) and building agentic workflows. Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar architectural patterns for connecting LLMs to data.
• 5+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails, GoLang, and React/TypeScript.

Preferred Qualifications

• Architecture: Strong understanding of component-driven design, state management, and building secure backends with PostgreSQL.
• Leadership: Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and set technical direction in fast-paced environments.
• Automated Support Systems: Experience building or maintaining 'Human-in-the-loop' AI systems within a call center or support environment.
• Identity & Security: Deep understanding of identity verification, regulatory frameworks (NIST, IAL2), or IAM digital security.
• Scalable Tooling: Familiarity with design systems, shared component libraries, and modular SDK design.
• Data Transformation: Experience with data pipeline tools for feature flags, transformation, and secure transmission.

Benefits

At ID.me, we are dedicated to safeguarding online identities, and we firmly believe that our collective efforts will drive positive change worldwide. Working together in an office setting cultivates our vibrant culture, enabling professional advancement, mentorship, collaboration, innovative strides, and authentic connections. This role requires on‑site presence 5 days per week, based in our office in McLean, VA.

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. The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.

Pay Range: $183,367 - $214,500 USD

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