Senior Software Engineer - Platform & Data Infrastructure

• Operate Cloud-Native Kubernetes Fleets: Own the lifecycle, network topology, node-pool migrations, and multi-region deployment of production Kubernetes clusters (GKE/EKS) supporting microservices at scale.
• Drive GitOps & CI/CD Delivery: Maintain automated GitOps reconciliation pipelines using FluxCD and Helm, driving cluster bootstrapping, progressive rollouts, and secret integrations.
• Scale Infrastructure as Code & Policy Governance: Architect modular Terraform codebases, manage enterprise workspaces (Terraform Enterprise/Terragrunt), and enforce compliance guardrails using policy-as-code frameworks (Sentinel/OPA).
• Maintain Data Platform Infrastructure: Build and optimize data pipelines and workflow orchestrations using Apache Airflow, Kafka, and enterprise data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery).
• Enforce Zero-Trust Security & Secrets Management: Integrate enterprise secret management tools (HashiCorp Vault, External Secrets Operator, Google Secret Manager/KMS) and enforce Workload Identity and network perimeter controls.
• Lead Complex Infrastructure Migrations: Direct zero-downtime infrastructure initiatives, including IP-addressing migrations, cluster rebuilds, and database cutovers.
• Drive Reliability, DR & On-Call Excellence: Active participation in on-call rotations, designing observability dashboards (Splunk, GCP Cloud Logging/Stackdriver), writing runbooks, and executing regional disaster recovery (DR) failover drills.
• Technical Mentorship: Guide mid-level and junior engineers through code/design reviews, establishing self-service infrastructure standards across the organization.

• Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of professional experience in platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or cloud data infrastructure.
• Strong programming skills in modern languages/scripts such as Python, Bash, SQL, or Java.
• Deep experience operating enterprise-scale Kubernetes fleets (GKE or EKS) and container ecosystems.
• Extensive, practical experience writing modular Terraform and managing Infrastructure as Code at scale.
• Demonstrated experience operating event-streaming and workflow systems such as Apache Airflow, Kafka, or BigQuery., * Certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Enterprise (TFE) and writing Sentinel or Open Policy Agent (OPA) policy-as-code guardrails.
• Proven experience with GitOps workflows utilizing FluxCD or ArgoCD across multi-tenant production fleets.
• Advanced secrets management expertise using HashiCorp Vault and Kubernetes External Secrets Operator.
• Track record of executing large-scale cloud migrations, data warehouse transitions (e.g., Vertica to BigQuery), or networking range overhauls with zero customer impact.

The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role.

ID.me offers 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.

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 175 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 22 federal agencies, 50 state government agencies, and more than 100 healthcare organizations. Over 600 consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.

ID.me is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA; Mountain View, CA; New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles - such as field-based sales or other remote-by-design positions - may have different work arrangements as noted in their individual postings.