Software Development Engineer II – Life Hub (Super App) (New Grad / Early Career)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States Department: Engineering

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/.

ID.me 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.

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Engagement Type: Full-Time Location: Mountain View, CA (Onsite 5 days per week)

Role Overview

ID.me is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join the Life Hub team, building the SuperApp's life-events experience — the surface that helps members discover and access the government, healthcare, and commercial benefits they are eligible for based on major life moments (turning 65, leaving the military, becoming disabled, and similar events).

This role is full stack: you will help build the data model and application logic that connects a member's self-asserted and verified attributes to eligible life events, use cases, and application resources, working across both backend services (Java, REST APIs) and the React/Next.js experiences members interact with. You will work closely with the team's senior engineers, Product, and Design to turn eligibility rules and use-case definitions into working software, starting with the team's Medicare pilot and expanding into additional life events such as retirement and disability.

This position will work from our Mountain View, CA office five days per week.

Key Responsibilities

Build Life Hub Eligibility Logic: Build and maintain application logic that turns eligibility attributes (self-asserted, or read from the Persons and Profiles APIs) into ranked, eligible life events and use cases for a member.

Implement Use-Case & Eligibility Models: Implement use-case and eligibility JSON models, in partnership with senior engineers and the Developer Portal team, that map application resources, use cases, and eligibility conditions for pilot programs such as Medicare.

Support Discovery & Access Flows: Contribute to discovery and access flows, ensuring discovery remains lenient (showing ineligible life events, sorted appropriately) while access enforcement remains a hard gate tied to resource-level policy.

Integrate with Platform APIs: Integrate with Persons, Profiles, and Developer Portal control-plane APIs for eligibility and access data rather than hardcoding business logic client-side.

Build Member-Facing UI: Build and maintain React/Next.js web experiences for Life Hub, turning discovery and eligibility concepts into working, member-centered UI.

Track Attribute Gaps: Support tracking and documentation of attribute gaps (e.g., residency, disability status, entitlement data) in partnership with the Profile and Persons API teams.

Collaborate with Design and Product: Work closely with Design and Product, and ask insightful questions during planning and refinement, to help shape Life Hub's ontology and roadmap.

Performance, Accessibility & Reliability: Ensure shipped features meet ID.me's standards for performance, accessibility, and cross-browser reliability.

Production Support: Provide production support and maintenance for shipped features, including triaging and resolving incidents and bugs.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

0–2 years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent internship/academic project experience).

Working proficiency in at least one modern backend language (Java preferred) and comfort with REST APIs.

Working experience with a modern frontend framework (React and/or Next.js).

Solid fundamentals in data structures, debugging, and automated testing.

Comfortable working on well-defined tickets with pair programming and consultation from more senior engineers.

Clear written and verbal communication — this role requires close collaboration with Product, Design, and adjacent platform teams (Developer Portal, Persons/Profile API).

AI-native engineering practices — comfortable using AI tooling (e.g., code generation, test coverage, documentation) to accelerate development.

We'd Love to See

Exposure to eligibility, entitlements, or identity/benefits-adjacent domains.

Experience with JSON-based data modeling or rules/policy engines.

Familiarity with ID.me's Wallet, OAuth/OIDC concepts, or the Nova/Fragno design system.

Prior full-stack project experience spanning a UI, an API layer, and a database.

Familiarity with acces