Senior Software Engineer - Wallet/Authentication Platform at ID.me
Mountain View, CA
$190,978–$221,668
Jul 27, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack Senior Software Engineer role on the Wallet/Authentication Platform team at ID.me, responsible for designing and shipping core sign-in, registration, MFA, account recovery, and account management features used by over 140 million members. The role spans backend Java/Spring Boot services and frontend work, with a strong emphasis on security, real-time risk/abuse detection, and identity standards. The position is fully on-site five days a week in Mountain View, CA.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,550 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,150–2,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052).
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Why we read it this way (5)
The degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree... or equivalent practical experience,' so it is not a hard gate and is marked as None.
AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) is explicitly listed under Required Qualifications with a 1+ year daily-use requirement — this is an unusual hard gate for a tooling category rather than a specific product; Claude Code and Cursor are named as examples.
OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn, React, CI/CD, fraud/risk detection experience, and IAM/IdP familiarity all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
The identity/authentication standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, FIDO2) are listed together as alternatives in the posting ('such as... or'), but each is a distinct standard; they are emitted as separate preferred skills reflecting the posting's framing of them as a group of interchangeable examples.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-assisted development tooling.
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