Staff Software Engineer, Authentication & APIs

idme; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

ID.me is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to join the Wallet - Authentication team in Mountain View, CA. You will anchor backend services and APIs across sign-in, registration, MFA, account recovery, and MyWallet, shaping secure, scalable authentication for millions of users.

This role emphasizes secure distributed systems, real-time risk evaluation, and API contracts that internal teams rely on.

Qualifications

• Strong backend and API design experience.
• Experience with secure, high-availability distributed systems.
• Ability to translate security and identity requirements into scalable services.

Responsibilities

• Build & Own Authentication Services: Contribute to the architecture of the services and APIs behind sign-in, registration, MFA, account recovery, password reset, and MyWallet, and own defined portions end-to-end. Take loosely defined, high-ambiguity problems, clarify requirements with stakeholders, and drive initiatives from definition through deployment and post-launch evaluation. Design for reuse and extensibility across member journeys so that new authentication methods and requirements need configuration, not rewrites.

Skills

Backend systems

API design

Security

Distributed systems

Tools

REST APIs

Event-driven

MFA integrations

Job description

ID.me is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to join the Wallet - Authentication team in Mountain View, CA. You will anchor backend services and APIs across sign-in, registration, MFA, account recovery, and MyWallet, shaping secure, scalable authentication for millions of users.

This role emphasizes secure distributed systems, real-time risk evaluation, and API contracts that internal teams rely on.