Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

SpruceID
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 200,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Consulting","Strategic influence","Mentorship"]

Lead customer-facing, hands-on engineering engagements for public-sector digital identity deployments, defining architecture and technical strategy aligned to policy and operational outcomes. You’ll guide multi-year projects end-to-end, architect and build backend, full-stack web, and mobile solutions with a focus on security, privacy, and accessibility, and translate government requirements into standards-based integrations. Serve as a senior technical representative, mentor teams, and drive efficiencies that feed product and standards roadmaps.

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SpruceID
SpruceID
9 months ago

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead customer-facing, hands-on engineering engagements for public-sector digital identity deployments, defining architecture and technical strategy aligned to policy and operational outcomes. You’ll guide multi-year projects end-to-end, architect and build backend, full-stack web, and mobile solutions with a focus on security, privacy, and accessibility, and translate government requirements into standards-based integrations. Serve as a senior technical representative, mentor teams, and drive efficiencies that feed product and standards roadmaps.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define technical strategy and architecture for public sector deployments, aligning technical excellence with policy and operational needs.
  • •Serve as the senior technical representative in executive-level customer meetings and bridge technical details to business or policy outcomes.
  • •Lead multiple end-to-end multi-year projects from rapid prototyping through operations and maintenance.
  • •Architect and build backend systems, full-stack web applications, and mobile solutions focused on security, privacy, and accessibility.
  • •Mentor forward deployed engineers and delivery teams, set engineering standards, and drive efficiencies across projects while collaborating with platform teams.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 225,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •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 spanning multiple teams and organizations.
  • •Strong expertise across the software development stack, including infrastructure, DevOps, architecture, frontend, and mobile.
  • •Demonstrated experience working with public sector or highly regulated industries, including direct customer engagement at executive and technical levels.
  • •Based in the US and willing to travel as needed to support state government partners.
Experience:8+ yearsPublic sectorRegulated industriesDigital identity
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationConsultingStrategic influenceMentorship
Tech Stack:RustGoJavaC#InfrastructureDevOpsArchitectureFrontendMobileSecurityPrivacyAccessibilityCryptography

Company Brief

SpruceID
Develops decentralized identity and verifiable credentials infrastructure and developer tools, including DID and wallet SDKs, to enable secure, privacy-preserving authentication and credentialing for Web3 and web applications.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2020
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