Principal Tech Lead Manager - Trust Graph & Work Profiles at ID.me
Mountain View, CA
$214,972–$250,000
Jul 1, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 21, 2026
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A principal-level engineering manager role responsible for the architecture, delivery, and team leadership across two platform domains — one focused on modeling relationships between identities and trust signals at scale, the other extending that foundation into enterprise workforce and organizational identity contexts. The position carries full people management accountability for a team of 6–10 engineers alongside hands-on technical ownership of API contracts, data models, and graph-based system design. Suits someone with deep experience in graph data structures, platform API governance, and enterprise identity patterns.
Principal level · 15+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
Pay in the description: $214,972–$275,400
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This role is explicitly described as 'a principal-level engineering role with full people management responsibility' — it is a genuine hybrid of hands-on technical leadership and direct people management (6–10 direct reports, hiring, performance). 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is the primary classification given the direct management scope; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is the runner-up given the strong architectural and hands-on technical expectations.
Two pay ranges are listed: $214,972–$250,000 (general US) and $242,693–$275,400 (Mountain View, CA). The fields reflect the full span across both ranges. The role can be based in Mountain View, CA or McLean, VA; the CBSA reflects the McLean/DC-metro location as the primary listed office, though Mountain View (San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA CBSA 41940) is equally valid.
The degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience' — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Graph data structures/modeling and API contract ownership are stated as hard requirements in the Required Qualifications section. Hands-on graph database experience (Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, or similar) appears under Preferred Qualifications and is marked accordingly.
Authentication protocols (OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML), NIST 800-63, cloud-native infrastructure, and Verifiable Credentials/DIDs all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked as preferred.
The 5+ years of engineering management experience is a stated hard requirement and is captured on the engineering management skill entry.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design, engineering management.
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