Socure
Senior Software Engineer - Backend (DocV)
New York, New York, USA · Senior · full-time
Sponsorship not specified$180k-$200kDetected 55 days ago
JavaGoScalaDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewAWSGCPCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTgRPCKafkaMachine LearningSparkData EngineeringData ScienceComputer VisionCybersecurityCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Your work will ensure millions of users can verify their identities seamlessly on our platform, reinforcing Socure's reputation for trustworthiness, speed, and security.
- Ensure these services are reliable and performant to handle high-volume identity verification requests.
- Champion best practices in coding, code review, and deployment to enhance reliability and maintainability.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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 Senior Backend Engineer on the Document Verification (DocV) team, you'll build and refine the critical server-side components that enable identity verification at scale.
- Build and maintain robust, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs for identity document processing and verification.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping modern backend services or distributed systems at scale.
- Proven track record of delivering production backend software in fast-paced environments.
- Programming skills: Advanced proficiency in backend programming languages (e.g.,GoLang, Java, Scala) and frameworks for building APIs and microservices.
- Hands-on experience with developing gRPC and RESTful APIs and server-side business logic.
Nice to have
- Domain knowledge: Experience with identity verification, fraud prevention, or related domains (e.g. Document Verification, Device Risk, Identity Verification) is a strong plus.
- Cloud and data processing: Knowledge of AWS cloud platform (Experience with Google Cloud Platform is a plus) and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) for deploying services.
- Continuous improvement: Passion for continuous improvement in backend architecture, code quality, and engineering best practices.
- Enthusiasm for evaluating new technologies and techniques to enhance the DocV platform's performance and reliability.
- Socure is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all its forms within our company.
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- Experience with identity verification, fraud prevention, or related domains (e.g. Document Verification, Device Risk, Identity Verification) is a strong plus.
- Knowledge of AWS cloud platform (Experience with Google Cloud Platform is a plus) and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) for deploying services.
Skills
- Familiarity with designing for fault tolerance and low latency in a cloud environment.
- Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts and requirements across disciplines.
- Experience deploying or integrating ML models into backend services is a plus.
Compensation
- $180k-$200k
Benefits
- Contribute to the integration of machine learning and computer vision components into the DocV backend pipeline, ensuring smooth deployment of document verification models and algorithms.
- Familiarity with computer vision or machine learning techniques in the context of document verification (e.g., OCR, face matching).
- This includes developing the core microservices and APIs that drive document capture, processing, and verification workflows - including integration with machine learning models for ID authenticity and fraud detection.
- Collaborate with Product, Data Science/Machine Learning, and Infrastructure teams to design and implement new document verification features in an agile environment.
- Drive improvements in code quality, testing coverage, performance optimization, security, and CI/CD practices for the DocV backend systems.
Company info
- The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day.
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