ID.me is seeking to design and build the next-generation SaaS Commerce Platform and Developer Ecosystem to make ID.me the trusted backbone for identity-based commerce, where every merchant, application, and discount can be seamlessly managed through secure, scalable, and developer-friendly APIs.
Requirements
- API development for customer-facing products.
- Java, Ruby ,Go, Python, or similar building distributed systems, RESTful API’s
- 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
- Proficient in monitoring, logging, and observability using tools like Prometheus, Datadog, or similar
- Experience building high-reliability systems with a focus on performance, fault tolerance, and operational excellence
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve Merchant, Resource, Discount, and Use Case APIs as core primitives of the Commerce Platform.
- Champion an API-first, platform-first mindset, ensuring services are scalable ,extensible, secure, and resilient.
- Partner with the Developer Experience team to deliver intuitive onboarding for external merchants and developers.
- Ensure APIs and documentation are structured for ease of integration by both internal and external developers.
- Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to senior engineers.
- Drive adoption of best practices in distributed system design, observability, reliability engineering, and modern DevOps tooling.
- Partner with Authentication Platform, Organization Platform, Marketplace Apps, and Identity Graph teams to ensure alignment of primitives across ID.me’s ecosystem.
Other
- Mountain View, CA (Onsite, 5 days per week)
- Seasoned technical leader
- Thrives in a platform-oriented, product-focused environment
- Passionate about designing secure and performant APIs
- Experience enabling great developer experiences at scale
