ID.me · 1 month ago
Engineering Manager - Credential API
Mountain View, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $265K/yr
8+ years expID.me is a next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. They are seeking an Engineering Manager – Credential API to lead the core credentialing platform, overseeing the product-engineering lifecycle and ensuring the delivery of a world-class credentialing service at scale.
Cloud Data ServicesCyber SecurityFraud DetectionIdentity ManagementPrivacySoftware
Responsibilities
Define and drive the Strategy and Roadmap for the Credential API and related services: issuance, retrieval, lifecycle management (creation, renewal, revocation) of credential bundles
Own the architecture, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and operational excellence of the credential services stack
Lead and grow a team of senior engineers (and likely immediate reports) accountable for the design, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of the services and APIs
Partner deeply with Product Management, Identity & Verification teams, Security, Compliance (e.g., NIST 800-63-3, Kantara, etc.), and Partner Engineering to convert business, regulatory, and partner requirements into production systems
Define data modelling and storage strategy for credential attributes, provenance, relationships (graph + relational + document & attribute store) and ensure robust schema evolution, versioning, and interoperability
Establish standards and best practices for API versioning, documentation, developer experience, service lifecycle, observability (metrics, logging, tracing), and SLA/SLI definitions
Design and oversee the integration of external identity/attribute validation vendors, partner systems, and internal verification services (face recognition, domain validation, driver’s license/passport proofing) into the credential pipeline
Manage the operational readiness and health of the Credential API systems: high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, incident response, root cause analysis, replay of validation events, etc
Advocate for and implement emerging identity/credentialing standards (e.g., Verifiable Credentials (VCs), Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), trust frameworks) to ensure our platform remains forward-looking
Mentor, coach, and develop engineering leaders and individual engineers within the team, fostering a culture of high-quality code, technical rigor, and measurable impact
Make hiring decisions, set team goals, track metrics (team, system, business), and continuously improve engineering processes (agile, CI/CD, code reviews, DevOps culture)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience)
8+ years of software engineering experience, building and operating large-scale, public-facing APIs and backend services at high scale
3+ years managing engineering teams
Preferred
Experience in the digital identity, credentialing, or verification space (identity proofing, attribute verification, trust scoring)
Familiarity with credential & identity standards: Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, DID/VC ecosystems, SAML, OIDC
Strong background in API design (REST and/or GraphQL), backend systems architecture, data stores (relational, NoSQL, graph), and cloud-native services
Deep understanding of security, authentication/authorization (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT), data privacy, encryption, and compliance frameworks
Proven ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions and lead them to production
Excellent leadership, communication and collaboration skills: able to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment
Experience with API gateway and service mesh technologies (e.g., Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Istio)
Proven track record with event-driven architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, SNS/SQS) and asynchronous workflows at scale
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm)
Prior experience in regulated industries (government, financial, healthcare) with adherence to standards like FedRAMP, GDPR, NIST
Contributions to open-source or technical communities around backend platform engineering, API standards, or identity frameworks
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
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