ID.me · 5 hours ago
Principal IT Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$194K/yr - $233K/yr
10+ years expID.me is a next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies secure online identity verification. They are seeking a highly skilled Principal IT Engineer to lead the design, automation, integration, and improvement of IT systems, ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of their enterprise IT environment.
Cloud Data ServicesCyber SecurityFraud DetectionIdentity ManagementPrivacySoftware
Hiring Manager
John Sweeney
Responsibilities
Architect, develop, and maintain endpoint management and configuration systems, including modern device management platforms such as Jamf, Intune, and MaaS360
Manage and support corporate network infrastructure, including switches, firewalls, VPN, and wireless networks, ensuring reliability and security across all office and remote environments
Design and implement systems integrations between SaaS platforms, identity providers (e.g., Okta), and internal applications
Develop compliance and configuration baselines for Windows, macOS, and network systems, ensuring policy enforcement and alignment with security benchmarks
Collaborate with Security, GRC, and Engineering teams to enforce secure configurations and remediate vulnerabilities across infrastructure and endpoint fleets
Evaluate, recommend, and integrate new technologies to streamline IT operations, improve security posture, and enhance system observability
Serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues spanning endpoints, networks, and system integrations
Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams
Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews for IT infrastructure and endpoint systems
Implement solutions using scripting and programming languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Go
Serve as a technical lead and mentor to other engineers and administrators within the IT team
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in IT or relevant technical sector roles
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience
Expert-level proficiency designing and maintaining software deployment and installation frameworks
Experience designing endpoint configuration aligned to security frameworks in production environments
Expertise in designing and implementing secure, identity-aware, access strategies
Proven ability automating complex processes in an enterprise environment
Preferred
Experience managing and securing remote-first, cloud-native enterprise environments
Hands-on experience utilizing Git-based version control
Proven track record of diagnosing and resolving complex endpoint-related technical issues in large-scale environments
Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience with telemetry/monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Kandji Insights)
Familiarity with Okta or similar identity providers
Expertise in enterprise network infrastructure (switches, firewalls, VPN, wireless)
Contributions to internal knowledge bases, documentation systems, or open-source projects
Industry certifications
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
Learning and development benefit
Company
ID.me
ID.me is a digital identity wallet that allows users to securely prove their identity online.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
ID.me has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (12)
2024 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$814.25MKey Investors
Ribbit CapitalAres ManagementViking Global Investors
2025-09-03Series E· $65M
2025-01-30Debt Financing· $275M
2024-11-25Secondary Market· $67M
Leadership Team
Blake Hall
Co-Founder and CEO
Samantha Greenberg
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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