Software Development Engineer - Credential API

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>Company Overview</strong></h2> <p>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 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 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 <a href="https://network.id.me/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://network.id.me/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1741208811592000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2MOyw_2nf3aQCyceJFZK1S">https://network.id.me/</a>.</p></div><h2><strong>Role Overview</strong></h2> <p>ID.me is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to join the Credential API team and contribute to the design and development of our credentialing platform — the API that issues, retrieves, and manages validated credential bundles (e.g., verified passport, driver's license, validated domain, verified face) for both people and organizations.</p> <p>In this role, you will work on backend services and APIs that underpin ID.me's identity trust layer, collaborating with identity, verification, and platform teams. You will contribute to secure, scalable, and high-performance systems that enable the interoperability and integrity of digital credentials used by millions of users and trusted partners.</p> <p>This position will be based full-time in our Mountain View, CA office.</p> <h2><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Contribute to the implementation of the Credential API and its core services that issue, fetch, and manage credential attribute bundles for entities such as Person or Organization.</li> <li>Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL endpoints that meet standards for reliability, latency, and security, integrating with both internal and external systems.</li> <li>Develop and maintain data models and storage patterns to represent credential provenance and relationships across relational and graph databases.</li> <li>Implement credential lifecycle flows — including creation, validation, renewal, and revocation — integ