Senior Software Engineer, Biometric Authentication

At Veriff’s Biometric Authentication team, we are trying to prove, in real time, that the person on the other side of the screen is real and who they claim to be. Our ML-powered platform uses advanced image recognition, facial verification, face recognition, facial anti-spoofing (liveness detection), and behavior analysis to make identity decisions. Here is a sneak peek at some of the products the team is working on.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale our real-time verification services, with security, scalability, and maintainability at the core.

Responsibilities

• Owning the design and evolution of the architecture for a strategically critical product area, making the calls that shape scalability, security, and maintainability for years
• Leading transformational architecture work: real-time matching at scale, resilient event-driven services, and the CI/CD and observability foundations that make them dependable
• Setting and raising engineering standards, and mentoring and growing the engineers around you
• Partnering closely with other engineers, ML data scientists, and specialists to turn complex identity problems into working products, and driving cross‑functional alignment with product and dependency teams
• Building scalable, maintainable APIs and event-driven services that other teams and external customers depend on

Qualifications

• Prior experience building and operating large‑scale applications (ideally in Python)
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, modular design, and SOLID principles, with a track record of architectural ownership
• Experience building scalable, maintainable APIs and working with message‑queuing concepts
• Fluency with CI/CD, monitoring, and what it takes to run reliable, high‑throughput services in production
• Comfort with a range of testing strategies for robust, reliable software
• A working understanding of relational databases and structured logging systems
• Strong communication and influencing skills, able to align engineers and non‑engineers around a technical vision
• A self‑starter mindset that balances both tech and product decisions to come up with a balanced outcome for both customers and engineers
• A history of mentoring engineers and explaining your solutions to non‑engineers

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience working with mobile or web SDKs (iOS, Android, Web)
• Previous experience working on a B2B/SaaS product

Benefits

We are the preferred identity verification platform partner for the world’s most innovative growth‑driven organizations helping conveniently verify and safeguard users anywhere in the world. We support the broadest number of identity documents from nearly every country and territory in the world - and this is continually increasing! With a diverse team in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia, as well as robust backing and funding from investors including Accel, Alkeon, IVP, Tiger Capital, and Y Combinator, we’re dedicated to helping businesses and individuals build a safer and more secure world. We strive to be the benchmark for trust online, and we take pride in being a positive force.

• Flexibility to work from home
• Stock options that ensure your share in our success
• Extra recharge days on top of your annual vacation
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to ensure you’re feeling great physically and mentally
• Learning and Development & Health and Sports budget that you are free to tailor to your own needs
• Four weeks of fully paid sabbatical leave after reaching your 5th work anniversary

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Different opinions, perspectives and personalities push us forward. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. We also know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates - so rest assured, whoever you are, we want to hear from you!

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