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We are building it as a reusable platform capability: a secure identity layer that allows customers to verify once, maintain control of their information and access different MoonPay-powered products without repeating the same journey each time.\nThis role will help define the architecture and technical direction of that platform. You will work across product, engineering, compliance and security to determine how identity is captured, verified, stored, linked and exposed safely through APIs and SDKs.\nAs a Staff Software Engineer, you will hold a hands-on technical position. The problem is not fully defined, and we are looking for someone who can shape the platform while building its most important components.\nLead through ambiguity\nTurn a broad identity and KYC vision into a clear technical strategy, architecture and sequence of deliverable work.\n\nIdentify the boundaries between identity, authentication, verification, compliance and product-specific onboarding.\n\nSet the technical bar through rigorous reviews, clear standards and lasting engineering habits.\n\nAlign teams across ramps, cards, virtual accounts and enterprise products around a shared identity model.\n\nBuild the identity platform\nDesign a unified identity layer that can support multiple MoonPay products, partners and regulated use cases.\n\nModel the lifecycle of a customer’s identity, including creation, verification, linking, updates, consent and deletion.\n\nBuild secure APIs and SDKs that allow internal teams and external partners to use identity capabilities without understanding the underlying complexity.\n\nIntegrate KYC and identity-verification providers while keeping MoonPay’s internal model consistent and extensible.\n\nDevelop clear ownership boundaries between the identity platform and the products built on top of it.\n\nProtect sensitive customer data\nDefine how identity data is stored, accessed and shared across products, jurisdictions and legal entities.\n\nDesign for consent, auditability, data residency, retention and deletion from the beginning.\n\nBuild clear authorisation controls around who and what can access verified customer information.\n\nEnsure the platform degrades safely when external verification providers or internal dependencies fail.\n\nPartner closely with Security, Privacy, Legal and Compliance without allowing the platform to become difficult for developers to use.\n\nCreate a platform developers trust\nBuild public-facing APIs, SDKs and documentation that make complex identity workflows straightforward to integrate.\n\nEstablish stable contracts, versioning strategies and migration paths for teams and partners using the platform.\n\nProvide observability into identity journeys, verification decisions and integration failures.\n\nReduce the need for product teams to rebuild identity and KYC logic independently.\n\nAbout You\nMust-have experience and skills\nIdentity platform experience. 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