About the RoleID.me is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to help design and build the next-generation SaaS Commerce Platform and Developer Ecosystem. The Shopping Graph team provides the primitives for merchant registration, identity-gated discounts, resource management, and policy enforcement-enabling both internal applications and external developers to build trusted, identity-powered commerce experiences.
As a Senior Engineer, you will be a key individual contributor implementing the APIs and backend services that power merchant onboarding, identity-gated offers, and OAuth 2.0 access flows. You will collaborate closely with Staff and Principal engineers to deliver scalable, secure, and developer-friendly APIs that form the foundation of ID.me's commerce ecosystem.
This role is based in our Mountain View, CA office, 5 days per week.
Key ResponsibilitiesPlatform Development- Implement and maintain Merchant, Resource, Discount, and UseCase API endpoints as core primitives of the Commerce Platform.
- Build reliable, well-tested backend services that support both internal applications and external developers.
- Contribute to an API-first, platform-first codebase ensuring services are scalable, extensible, and secure.
Developer Experience- Partner with the Developer Experience team to deliver intuitive onboarding flows for external merchants and developers.
- Write clear API documentation and contribute to developer-facing resources that enable easy integration.
Cross-Functional Collaboration- Work with the Authentication Platform, Organization Platform, Marketplace Apps, and Identity Graph teams to ensure consistency across ID.me's ecosystem.
- Drive adoption of best practices in distributed system design, observability, reliability engineering, and modern DevOps tooling.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to team standards and engineering excellence.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 6+ years of experience in backend software engineering, including API development for customer-facing products.
- 5+ years of experience in one or more modern languages such as Java, Ruby, Go, or Python, with experience building RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications- Strong understanding of API design, versioning strategies, and contract-first development practices.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP), infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform), and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Working knowledge of identity and access management standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or SAML.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Datadog, or similar.
- Experience building high-reliability systems with a focus on performance, fault tolerance, and operational excellence.
- Exposure to multi-tenant SaaS architectures or identity-powered commerce platforms.
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.
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.
The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.
Mountain View, CA Pay Range
$190,978-$214,052 USD
ID.me is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA; Mountain View, CA; New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles - such as field-based sales or other remote-by-design positions - may have different work arrangements as noted in their individual postings.
