ID.me is hiring a Principal Engineer - Work Profiles

Responsibilities

• Define and manage the strategic data model and long-term system design for Work Profiles and Communities, covering how relationships between individuals, organizations, credentials, and domains are structured, verified, and accessed.
• Lead the design and governance of API contracts across platforms, including Affiliation Profile, Work Profile lifecycle, and OIDC extensions, with attention to versioning, interoperability, and standards.
• Establish technical vision and architectural guidelines for the domain, enabling rapid, scalable delivery of community profiles aligned with client requirements.
• Develop and refine the configuration framework for profiles, including eligibility criteria, assurance levels, validation methods, and attribute transformations, supporting both self-service and high-trust enterprise scenarios.
• Architect modular, reusable validation components—such as email domain checks, ownership verification, document review, enterprise SSO, and registry integrations—within the Work Profiles ecosystem.
• Guide and develop engineering talent, elevating expertise in data modeling, API design, and identity architecture across teams.
• Design and oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of profiles, including issuance, renewal, expiration, revocation, and revalidation, ensuring ongoing accuracy and auditability in user wallets.
• Embed security, privacy, and regulatory compliance into core system design, with heightened focus on high-assurance, regulated applications.
• Participate in cross-functional platform architecture discussions, advocating for the data and interface requirements of Work Profiles and Communities.