SpruceID
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
$200K–$225K
United States · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Nov 18, 2025
- Experience
- 8+ years.
About the job
Leads technical strategy, architecture, and delivery for public-sector digital identity deployments, combining hands-on engineering with customer and executive engagement.
What you'll do
- Define architecture and lead multi-year deployments from prototyping through operations and maintenance.
- Build and review backend, full-stack web, and mobile solutions, and establish engineering practices.
- Represent SpruceID in customer and executive discussions, mentor teams, and bring customer insights into product roadmaps and identity standards.
What they ask for
- 8+ years designing, building, and delivering production-grade software in statically typed languages such as Rust, Go, Java, or C#.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale engineering efforts across multiple teams and organizations.
- Strong expertise across infrastructure, devops, architecture, frontend, and mobile.
- Experience with public-sector or highly regulated industries and direct executive- and technical-level customer engagement; US-based and willing to travel as needed.
Nice to have
- Experience leading public-sector digital transformation or modernization, or familiarity with state-government procurement, compliance, and governance.
- Deep knowledge of digital identity, computer security, cryptography, and user data privacy; experience as a Field CTO or similar.
Pay
$200K – $225K (USD, base salary)
Tools
Rust, Go, Java, C#
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