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# Staff Solutions Engineer

- **Company:** Identity Digital
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Reference Implementation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Domain Name System Security Extensions, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, OAuth, OpenID, Public Key Infrastructure, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Okta, Agentic-AI, Kubernetes, Agent2Agent Protocol
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88715944/1

## About the Role

* 10+ years in solutions engineering, solutions architecture, developer platforms, infrastructure, identity, security, or hands-on technical partner engineering roles
 * Hands-on experience integrating with cloud, identity, and developer platform surfaces such as AWS, Okta or similar IdPs, OAuth/OIDC providers, agent runtimes, orchestration frameworks, SDKs, APIs, and MCP servers
 * Familiarity with emerging agent standards - agent-to-agent (A2A) communication patterns, MCP, and identity/verification standards
 * Strong understanding of identity and auth concepts: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT/JWKS, PKI, TLS, and how they compose in production systems
 * Hands-on engineer who can build integrations in Go, Python, or TypeScript/Node and explain the engineering tradeoffs clearly
 * Strong working knowledge of DNS, including DNSSEC, TXT records, resolution behavior, and how DNS can anchor identity and verification flows
 * Excellent communicator who can move fluidly between a partner's CISO, their engineering team, and our own developers
 * Comfortable operating with high autonomy in an early-stage, fast-moving venture; able to create repeatable patterns and help build the solutions engineering function as the product scales
 * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
 * Ability to work effectively across time zones as part of a global organization
 * Ability to travel as needed for partner meetings, conferences and workshops

Location: Remote

This position is open to candidates residing in the following states only: AZ, CA, CO, DE, MD, MA, MO, NJ, NV, NY, NC, OR, OK, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, and WA.

Physical Requirements

 * Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
 * Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

## Description

Known is building the accountability infrastructure for autonomous AI. As AI agents increasingly operate across organizations, platforms, and jurisdictions, Known is advancing DNSid as an open, neutral DNS-based identity standard designed to make accountability interoperable at Internet scale.

Known is an independent company spun out of Identity Digital. While you may see both company names during the hiring process, this position is with Known.

https://knownsystems.ai/

This role is deliberately two-sided: a hands-on integration builder and a trusted technical partner lead. The same person can write the integration code, stand up a reference implementation, and then walk a partner's engineering team, security leaders, and executives through the architecture and adoption path. This is a founding technical partner role for DNSid: technical at its core, ownership-oriented, and expected to help turn early partner integrations into repeatable patterns as the product and solutions function scale.

This role reports to the Director, Software Engineering

What You'll Do

 * Serve as the primary technical contact in partner and enterprise conversations, going deep on DNSid architecture, integration patterns, and security model
 * Own integrations end-to-end: write production-grade integration code with partners, stand up reference implementations, and drive POCs from demo to deployment
 * Translate partner and customer requirements into clear, prioritized feedback for the engineering team; help shape the roadmap based on what you hear in the field
 * Develop and maintain technical enablement materials: integration guides, quick starts, FAQs, and architecture documentation for external developers
 * Own the technical win with partners: drive discovery, architecture alignment, POC scope, implementation follow-through, and the path from demo to deployment
 * Run technical workshops and deep-dive sessions with partner engineering teams
 * Collaborate with product, standards (IETF), and engineering to ensure partner-facing materials stay accurate as the spec and implementation evolve
 * Represent IDIL credibly in technical forums, standards discussions, and partner escalations