ID.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 Responsibilities
Platform 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.
Apply on company website Mountain View, United States of America On-site Full-time USD 190,978 – 214,052 / year
ID.me is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer - Shopping Graph
About company
We believe in a new era of identity – where individuals control their information in a secure digital wallet. Where they access services and benefits seamlessly, from anywhere. Where digital identity is inclusive and equitable.
ID.me simplifies how individuals prove and share their identity online. The company provides a customer-centric identity verification network that enables people to verify once and gain frictionless access across multiple organizations and services.
Through the ID.me Wallet, individuals can store multiple ID cards including Legal ID, Employee ID, Veteran ID, and more. The ID.me Network allows users to use their verified identity across various organizations in exchange for access to goods and services. The platform also offers an Identity Gateway and Orchestration Platform to help organizations unify customer authentication and authorization workflows.