Software Development Engineer - Credential API

Software Development Engineer - Credential API

Mountain View, California, United States

Company Overview

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 600+ consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me's technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to "No Identity Left Behind" to enable all people to have a secure digital identity.

Role Overview

ID.me is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to join the Credential API team and contribute to the design and development of our credentialing platform — the API that issues, retrieves, and manages validated credential bundles (e.g., verified passport, driver's license, validated domain, verified face) for both people and organizations.

In this role, you will work on backend services and APIs that underpin ID.me's identity trust layer, collaborating with identity, verification, and platform teams. You will contribute to secure, scalable, and high-performance systems that enable the interoperability and integrity of digital credentials used by millions of users and trusted partners.

This position will be based full-time in our Mountain View, CA office.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the implementation of the Credential API and its core services that issue, fetch, and manage credential attribute bundles for entities such as Person or Organization.
• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL endpoints that meet standards for reliability, latency, and security, integrating with both internal and external systems.
• Develop and maintain data models and storage patterns to represent credential provenance and relationships across relational and graph databases.
• Implement credential lifecycle flows — including creation, validation, renewal, and revocation — integrated with ID.me's identity verification and attribute validation systems.
• Ensure the security and privacy of credential data through authentication, authorization, encryption, and audit practices.
• Collaborate with Platform, Identity, Security, and Partner Engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features and integrations.
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code, including automated tests and observability instrumentation.
• Participate in system design discussions, code reviews, and technical documentation to drive clarity and alignment across teams.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability for credential services in production environments.
• Stay current on emerging identity and credentialing standards (e.g., Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, OIDC extensions) and bring new ideas into the product.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of experience developing web applications using OOP languages such as Java, Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, or C++.
• Experience building systems and services in a containerized, cloud-based, infrastructure-as-code driven ecosystem.
• Exposure to GCP utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, or Nomad.
• Proven ability to deliver features end to end, including automated test coverage, observability, monitoring, and documentation.
• Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly and work collaboratively within a team.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate delivery and code quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with building and consuming REST or GraphQL APIs in production environments.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and exposure to NoSQL or graph data stores.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts, caching, asynchronous processing, and cloud-native patterns.
• Exposure to authentication and authorization standards (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, or custom schemes).
• Familiarity with identity and credential verification systems, including data validation, proofing, or trust scoring.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerization and deployment pipelines.
• Exposure to event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS) and patterns for decoupled service communication.
• Familiarity with digital credential and identity standards (e.g., Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, W3C DID specs).
• Experience in regulated or high-assurance domains (government, financial, or healthcare systems) is a plus.