Software Engineer II, Developer Portal (New Grad / Early Career)

ID.me•Mountain View, CA

12d•$122,000 - $157,000•Onsite

About The Position

ID.me is seeking an early-career Software Engineer II to join the Developer Portal team. The team is building a self-service platform that enables organizations and their developers to register applications, configure identity needs, test in a production-like sandbox, and launch to production. The role is backend-leaning full stack, working on services, APIs, and data models as well as customer-facing experiences in a Next.js and React frontend. Backend services primarily use Java and Spring Boot alongside legacy Ruby services; the frontend uses Next.js, React, and TypeScript. Engineers begin with well-scoped features alongside senior engineers and grow toward end-to-end ownership, from API contract through production operation. The role emphasizes high-quality, well-tested code and daily use of AI-assisted development tools for implementation, testing, debugging, and understanding code. The engineer will develop knowledge of authentication and authorization, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, enterprise SSO, multi-tenant access control, and credential management. The position also supports production operations through monitoring, alerting, debugging, and on-call participation after ramp-up. The engineer collaborates with Product, Design, and engineers across teams, with a dedicated mentor and a path toward broader feature ownership. This is an onsite role five days per week in Mountain View, California. ID.me describes itself as a full-time, in-office culture. The listed annual base salary range for Mountain View, California and New York, New York is $122,000–$157,000 USD; company bonus, sales incentives where applicable, equity, and benefits are not included in the listed base salary range.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
0 to 2 years of professional software engineering experience.
Excellent coding skills and strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, complexity, and debugging.
Fluency in at least one modern programming language, such as Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Go, Kotlin, C#, or Ruby.
Evidence of building real software, such as internships, substantial class or team projects, open-source contributions, hackathons, or side projects used by others.
Daily hands-on use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot, with the ability to critically evaluate generated code for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability and explain every submitted line.
Experience building with LLMs or agentic workflows, such as using Claude or OpenAI APIs, MCP, or agent frameworks, in projects or coursework.
Understanding of web applications, including HTTP, REST APIs, and relational databases/SQL.
Ability to learn unfamiliar systems quickly through independent research and collaboration with mentors and subject-matter experts.
Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain work, rationale, and tradeoffs.

Nice To Haves

Internship experience building backend services or full-stack web applications.
Experience with Java and Spring Boot or another backend framework, such as Rails, Node.js/Express, Django, or Go.
Experience with React, TypeScript, or Next.js.
Experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database, including schema design.
Exposure to authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWTs, SSO, or access control models.
Experience building developer tools, APIs, SDKs, or documentation used by other developers.
Experience writing automated unit, integration, or end-to-end tests using tools such as Jest, JUnit, or Playwright.
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, containers, or CI/CD pipelines.
Interest in security, identity, fraud prevention, or regulated systems.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, test, and deploy Developer Portal capabilities across backend APIs, database changes, and frontend experiences.
Begin with well-defined features and bugs, then take on progressively larger and more ambiguous work.
Write clean, readable, maintainable code with strong test coverage.
Participate in code reviews by receiving feedback and providing thoughtful feedback to teammates.
Use AI-assisted development tools daily for implementation, testing, debugging, and understanding unfamiliar code; help the team improve its use of these tools and critically assess AI-generated code.
Develop hands-on knowledge of authentication and authorization, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, enterprise SSO, multi-tenant access control, and credential management, in collaboration with other teams.
Help maintain production systems through monitoring, alerting, debugging live issues, and participating in on-call after ramp-up.
Collaborate with Product, Design, and engineers across teams; break down problems, write short technical designs, and communicate tradeoffs and progress.
Grow toward owning features end-to-end, from API contract and data model through production operation.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts, including medical, limited-purpose, dependent-care, and commuter benefit accounts
Basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance
401(k) with company match
Parental leave
Unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy
Eight 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