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Staff Software Engineer - Platform & Traffic Engineering

ID.me is a leading digital identity platform streamlining secure online verification for millions of users. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of scalable platform services and traffic engineering infrastructure, working on cloud platforms and multi-cloud networking at scale.

Skills

  • Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript.
  • Experience with cloud platforms including AWS and GCP.
  • Strong knowledge of service mesh technologies like Istio and Linkerd.
  • Experience with proxies such as Envoy and NGINX, and API gateways.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Pulumi), and GitOps.
  • Understanding of security compliance frameworks like SOC2 and FedRAMP.
  • Strong communication and mentorship skills.
  • Knowledge of production observability including logging, metrics, and alerting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and implementation of platform APIs integrating cloud and SaaS services.
  • Own delivery of service orchestration layers for provisioning, access control, and observability.
  • Architect and evolve service mesh and API gateway infrastructure across multi-cloud environments.
  • Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, guidance, and pairing.
  • Optimize routing, failover, and ingress/egress strategies for performance and cost.
  • Develop tooling for traffic observability, policy enforcement, and access control.
  • Set technical direction and mentor teams within Infrastructure and broader engineering org.
  • Collaborate with security, compliance, and developer experience teams for policy alignment.
  • Promote best practices adoption across engineering teams.

Education

  • Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.

Benefits

  • Supportive, discrimination-free workplace with dignity and respect for all employees.
  • Commitment to equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
  • Participation in E-Verify for employment eligibility verification.
  • Engagement in a mission-driven company focused on secure digital identities.
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