Principal Engineer - Biometrics Orchestration Platform

ID.me • Mountain View, VA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

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. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/ . Role Overview The Principal Software Development Engineer will play an instrumental role in shaping the digital account experience for over 100 million ID.me customers and building the identity layer of the internet. The Verification Platform team is looking to design and build the next generation vendor orchestration platform at ID.me. This platform will serve as the backbone of our verification ecosystem, enabling seamless coordination and management of multiple vendor services to deliver unparalleled scalability and efficiency. We are seeking a highly experienced engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge facial recognition solutions. This role requires hands-on expertise in implementing and optimizing facial recognition systems for real-world applications, particularly in high-scale environments. The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering skills and experience working in industries such as healthcare, government, or security-focused consumer applications. This role will work closely with product management to define biometric requirements and deliver solutions aligned with organizational goals. It will also collaborate with external vendors or partners to evaluate and integrate third-party solutions when appropriate. This role is based out of our Mountain View, CA or McLean, VA offices and requires full-time in-office attendance

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
• At least one year of experience in at least one biometric modality (facial recognition, fingerprint analysis, iris scanning, voice recognition, etc.), preferably facial recognition, including development, optimization, and deployment of related algorithms or systems
• At least 15 years developing web applications using Java or Ruby or Javascript or Go or Python or or C++.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree and/or PhD in Computer Science or related field of study.
• Significant level of ownership of systems, architecture, and designing a technical roadmap and proven expertise building Platforms.
• Proven experience creating and driving technical roadmap(s), working with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and other technical leaders to make tradeoff and prioritization decisions.
• A proven track record of successfully building and owning distributed systems and services at scale by incorporating containers, cloud native services, and infrastructure as code driven tooling.
• Proven ability to lead a team through up-leveling its automated testing skills and posture.
• 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.
• Mastery of databases, queues, and caching systems in a cohesive architecture with experience using various technologies in the right circumstances and the ability to communicate tradeoffs .
• Excellent leadership and mentorship abilities with exceptional oral and written communication skills, and a self-managing work ethic.
• Solid understanding of A/B testing strategies with the ability to design experiments, debug detect anomalies, and interpret results.
• Experience with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance and an understanding of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
• Experience with data retention and data governance.
• Experience working in a startup environment.
• Proven track record of contributions to the biometrics field, such as presenting research papers at conferences or holding patents related to biometric technologies.
• Experience with account management and user data preferences specifically with data lifecycle management.
• Experience with Hashicorp Nomad/Vault/Consul/Terraform.
• Experience using automated deployment and verification strategies.
• A passion for automated testing as a lever to increase quality and predictability for the entire ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Apply hands-on facial recognition technology to real-world applications, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with industry standards.
• Design, develop and deploy facial recognition products in live environments, ensuring scalability and robust performance under real-world conditions.
• Develop, articulate, and iterate a long-term vision, and deliver impactful results through key milestones (i.e., days/weeks vs months), with a high bias for action.
• 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.

Benefits

• ID.me offers 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, and a learning and development benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees