Software Engineer (Developer Portal)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 29, 2026. ID.me scores B on the Alion truth index.
Join ID.me, a leading identity verification platform, as a Software Engineer III on the Developer Portal team. In this role, you will design and build backend services, APIs, and data models, as well as work on the frontend using Next.js and React. You will own features end-to-end, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the evolution of our identity proofing capabilities. Enjoy a range of benefits, including company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision plans, paid parental leave, generous paid time off, and remote work opportunities.
Missions
- Concevoir et mettre en œuvre des fonctionnalités de portail pour développeurs, de la conception du contrat API à l'intégration frontend.
- Posséder les contrats API et les modèles de données pour les capacités que vous construisez, en prenant des décisions délibérées sur la compatibilité et la version.
- Construire des capacités sécurisées du portail pour développeurs couvrant OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SSO d'entreprise, et plus encore.
Profil recherché
- Working familiarity with authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or related identity standards- Demonstrated experience independently driving small-to-medium technical initiatives from definition through production, including cross-team coordination
- 4+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production backend services. [Less for PhD, Master's]
- Strong experience building backend services and REST APIs using a modern web framework such as Java (Spring Boot), Ruby on Rails, Node.js, or similar
- Experience designing REST API contracts, including versioning and backwards compatibility, and documenting them with OpenAPI or a similar specification
- Working proficiency with TypeScript and React - comfortable shipping customer-facing features through a modern frontend without requiring a frontend specialist to finish the work
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering across Product, Design, and Engineering
- Deep experience with relational databases, including authoring complex SQL and performing safe schema migrations against production systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) and a commitment to an AI-first engineering culture that leverages these tools to improve software quality, testing, and engineering velocity
- Has built developer experience as an explicit goal for example SDKs, API reference docs, quickstarts, sandbox or test environments, error messages and debugging surfaces, or self-serve onboarding flows and can speak to how it changed time-to-first-successful-integration for real external developers
- Experience building developer-facing platforms such as developer portals, API platforms, authentication platforms, cloud platforms, payments platforms, or other self-service developer experiences
- Experience with modern Java (21+) and Spring Boot in production codebases
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
- Experience with PostgreSQL specifically, including graph-like or highly relational data models
- Experience with Next.js, or with micro-frontend architectures such as Webpack Module Federation
- Experience with enterprise identity standards including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, or SCIM
- Experience with relationship-based authorization systems such as SpiceDB, OpenFGA, or Zanzibar-inspired architectures
- Experience with policy engines such as OPA or Cedar
- Experience performing feature-flag-driven migrations in customer-facing production systems
- Experience with OpenAPI tooling, docs-as-code, or SDK generation
- Familiarity with identity verification, fraud prevention, KYC/AML, or regulated identity systems
- Working knowledge of NIST 800-63 IAL/AAL guidelines
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and cloud-native application development
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright, Jest, or Cypress
- Experience with observability platforms such as OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, Prometheus, and Sentry
- Startup or high-growth company background