Senior Software Engineer – Platform & Data Infrastructure

Company Overview

is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with  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  at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations.

More than 600+ consumer brands use  to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ’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.  is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity.

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is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA;
Mountain View, CA;
New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles — such as field-based sales or other remote-by-design positions — may have different work arrangements as noted in their individual postings.

At , we embrace the thoughtful use of AI tools in our daily work and there are even occasions where we leverage AI in our hiring process. However, during the interview process, we want to understand your individual skills and experiences. Therefore, we have guidelines on how AI can be appropriately used during your application and interviews which can be found here.

is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Platform & Data Infrastructure) to architect, scale, and maintain the core cloud-native platform and data infrastructure that powers our digital identity platform. In this role, you will take ownership of multi-region Kubernetes fleets, automated Git Ops pipelines, policy-as-code governance, and enterprise data workflow orchestrations. Working closely with Platform, Security, SRE, and Product Engineering teams, you will turn complex infrastructure into self-service developer capabilities, enforce security guardrails, and ensure high availability across critical production services.

This is a hands-on technical role for a senior engineer with deep expertise in cloud-native distributed systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git Ops continuous delivery, and data platform operations.

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

• Operate Cloud-Native Kubernetes Fleets:
  Own the lifecycle, network topology, node-pool migrations, and multi-region deployment of production Kubernetes clusters (GKE/EKS) supporting microservices at scale.
• Drive Git Ops & CI/CD Delivery:
  Maintain automated Git Ops reconciliation pipelines using FluxCD and Helm, driving cluster bootstrapping, progressive rollouts, and secret integrations.
• Scale Infrastructure as Code & Policy Governance:
  Architect modular Terraform codebases, manage enterprise work spaces (Terraform Enterprise/Terragrunt), and enforce compliance guardrails using policy-as-code frameworks (Sentinel/OPA).
• Maintain Data Platform Infrastructure:
  Build and optimize data pipelines and workflow orchestrations using Apache Airflow, Kafka, and enterprise data warehouses (e.g., Big Query).
• Enforce Zero-Trust Security & Secrets Management:
  Integrate enterprise secret management tools (Hashi Corp Vault, External Secrets Operator, Google Secret Manager/KMS) and enforce Workload Identity and network perimeter controls.
• Lead Complex Infrastructure Migrations:
  Direct…