ID.me · 2 hours ago
Sr. Principal Engineer - Authentication
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$261K/yr - $350K/yr
15+ years expID.me is a next-generation digital identity wallet that enables individuals to securely prove their identity online. The Sr. Principal Engineer - Authentication will lead the design and implementation of authentication solutions, ensuring a seamless experience for over 130 million customers while driving technical excellence within the authentication domain.
Cloud Data ServicesCyber SecurityFraud DetectionIdentity ManagementPrivacySoftware
Responsibilities
Define architecture and technical roadmap for Authentication - owning all aspects of the tech stack and representing the domain in technical collaborations
Lead the implementation of an Authentication Platform of APIs and UI components for scale, security, and reliability
Design and Implement industry-leading authentication solutions for our business customers
Raise the bar for technical excellence, engineering best practices, testing strategies, and distributed system design through pairing, mentoring, architecture / code reviews, technical presentations, and knowledge sharing sessions
Exert significant influence on the overall vision and long-term goals of the company by co-leading roadmap planning with engineering and product leadership
Own end-to-end deliverables through committing quality code and overseeing the work of others, with sound judgment to know what is appropriate
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study
15+ years of SaaS development experience using Java or Ruby or Javascript or Go or C++
10+ years of experience building Authentication products or services, with first hand knowledge implementing major industry protocols, such as OIDC, SAML, OAuth 2.0
Preferred
Masters degree and/or PhD in Computer Science or related field of study
At least 5 years of experience with at least one major public cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure
Significant level of ownership of systems and architecture, with proven experience designing and driving technical roadmaps, collaborating with stakeholders to make tradeoff and prioritization decisions
Experience moving an organization forward in best practices around tracking, observability, monitoring, and alerting
Deep understanding of web technologies, frameworks, programming design patterns and paradigms, and APIs
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience with implementing Social Login, 2FA, and/or Passwordless authentication
Experience with threat modeling and security engineering
Experience with building or contributing to a fully automated CI/CD pipeline
Experience working in a startup environment
Benefits
Comprehensive medical
Dental
Vision
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts)
Basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance
401(k) with company match
Parental leave
Ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays
Short and long-term disability insurance
Accident and critical illness insurance
Referral bonus policy
Employee assistance program
Pet insurance
Travel assistant program
Wellbeing and childcare discounts
Benefit advocates
Learning and development benefit
Company
ID.me
ID.me is a digital identity wallet that allows users to securely prove their identity online.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (12)
2024 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$814.25MKey Investors
Ribbit CapitalAres ManagementViking Global Investors
2025-09-03Series E· $65M
2025-01-30Debt Financing· $275M
2024-11-25Secondary Market· $67M
Leadership Team
Blake Hall
Co-Founder and CEO
Samantha Greenberg
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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