The Software Development Engineer VI 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
- Demonstrated expertise 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
- 18 years developing web applications using Java, Ruby, Javascript, Go, Python, or C++.
- 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.
- Masters degree and/or PhD in Computer Science or related field of study.
- 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
Benefits
- 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.
