ID.me

Principal Engineer Person & Trust Platform

Mountain View, California, United States · Principal · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$63k-$800kDetected 15 days ago

Data StructuresAWSGCPAzureAPI DevelopmentComplianceLeadershipCommunication

About the role

ID.me is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to serve as the technical authority across the Person and Trust platforms - the systems that define who a person is and how much confidence ID.me can place in that identity.
Person, Trust, and the Inspection Catalog are foundational systems at ID.me: together they determine who someone is, how inspection evidence is collected, and how much confidence to place in that identity.
The role calls for deep expertise in data modeling and graph structures, applied to how verification and validation evidence and the resulting trust decisions are represented and queried.

Own the data model strategy and long-term architecture across the Person API, Trust Service, and Inspection Catalog, keeping all three as the authoritative source of truth for identity, evidence, and confidence.
Own the API contracts across the domain, including versioning, compatibility, and governance standards that internal and external consumers depend on.
Set technical direction and design standards for the domain.
Mentor staff and senior engineers, raising the bar for data modeling, API design, and trust architecture across the organization - and filling the domain leadership gap with intentional, lasting technical ownership.
Lead the modernization and consolidation of legacy identity data into a scalable, modular set of services and contracts.
You will own the data model strategy, API contracts, and long-term architecture across the Person API, the Trust Service, and the Inspection Catalog, along with the verification and validation evidence that connects them.
You will own how identity data is modeled - including how Person-to-SSN, Person-to-Face, and Person-to-Legal relationships are expressed - and how confidence in an identity is determined.
Experience building or owning systems that model, store, and maintain person or entity attributes and relationships at scale.

10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time as a recognized technical authority for a complex domain spanning multiple systems.
Deep expertise in data modeling and graph data structures, including designing schemas and relationships that remain correct, performant, and auditable at scale.
Proven track record designing and owning APIs and data contracts for source-of-truth systems used by internal and external consumers.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Especially important for this role:
Experience modeling evidence and confidence scoring into a coherent, queryable record - specifically connecting inspection evidence from the Inspection Catalog to trust decisions in the Trust Service.
Expertise in NIST 800-63 IAL2/AAL2 standards, including evidence requirements, verification methods, and identity lifecycle management.
Experience with cloud-native infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
Experience operating in regulated environments (security, compliance, or data privacy requirements).
Familiarity with emerging identity and credentialing standards (e.g., Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, OIDC extensions).
Excellent communication skills and a track record of influencing technical direction across an organization.
All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity.

Company Overview
ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online.
ID.me is committed to "No Identity Left Behind" to enable all people to have a secure digital identity.
To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.
ID.me is a full-time, in-office culture.

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.

This listing is sourced directly from ID.me's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.