Senior Engineering Manager - Data Platform

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview

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 https : / / network.id.me / .

Company Overview

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 log in across websites without needing to create a new login and re-verify. Over 140 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 44 state government agencies, and 66 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 https : / / network.id.me.

Role Overview

ID.me is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow our Data Platform Team. This team is the service owner for ID.me's Identity Trust Graph Database as well as foundational backend API services. In addition, the team will design and deliver the modern data platforms, services, tools, and automation that empower engineering teams to discover, use, and responsibly steward data across the company.

You will manage and mentor a team of engineers with expertise in graph and relational databases, event-driven architectures, and large-scale data pipelines. You will work closely with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities, deliver high-value outcomes, and meet strict SLAs for reliability, compliance, and data freshness. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of backend systems, data infrastructure, and platform engineering.

This role is based out of our Mountain View, CA or McLean, VA offices and requires full-time in-office attendance

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the data platform strategy , including graph database services, APIs, pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Own service reliability and performance for the Identity Trust Graph Database and supporting APIs.
• Deliver scalable event-driven architectures and data pipelines that enable real-time and batch data processing.
• Establish and enforce standards for data governance, quality, lineage, security, and developer experience.
• Partner with product managers to translate business and compliance needs into scalable platform solutions.
• Evaluate and implement modern data engineering platforms, frameworks, and tools that accelerate adoption and self-service.
• Guide data model design across graph-based and relational architectures to support both operational and analytical use cases.
• Monitor, optimize, and scale platform services to meet high availability and performance requirements.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as FedRAMP, NIST, and GDPR.
• Mentor and grow engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement .
• Advocate for graph database technologies and event-driven approaches across the company, including with executives and product leaders.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role.

ID.me offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays, short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit.

The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.

Mountain View, CA Pay Range

$235,000—$283,516 USD

ID.me maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. ID.me does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. ID.me adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, ID.me's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

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