Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $231k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Spruce Systems, Inc.

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11 - 50 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Spruce Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in creating verifiable digital credentials for identity management. They provide end-to-end solutions that include the issuance and verification of digital IDs, passes, permits, and data supply chain credentials. Their services are utilized across various sectors, including government, financial services, healthcare, education, and marketplaces. Spruce's platforms and open-source libraries, like SpruceKit, facilitate easy integration of digital credential capabilities, enhancing privacy and security. With a focus on privacy-by-design, Spruce ensures digital identity management that is both user-centric and secure.

📋 Description

• Lead medium- to large-scale software engineering projects from requirements gathering and technical planning through implementation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance • Work with internal and external stakeholders to understand requirements, align priorities, manage expectations, and ensure successful project delivery • Own technical design and implementation decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with customer needs • Collaborate with engineering, product, and delivery teams to coordinate dependencies, resolve blockers, and deliver high-quality solutions • Serve as a key technical point of contact for customers and partners, communicating project progress, technical decisions, risks, and recommendations • Architect, develop, and maintain backend systems, full-stack web applications, and integrations supporting digital identity solutions • Translate complex customer requirements into technical specifications and implementation plans • Identify technical risks, project dependencies, and opportunities to improve delivery efficiency • Support integrations with customer infrastructure, third-party services, and legacy systems • Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, testing, and engineering best practices • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers • Share customer feedback and contribute to product and platform improvements

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience • Proven experience independently leading medium- to large-scale engineering projects • Strong stakeholder management experience, including direct customer engagement and requirements gathering • Proficiency in one or more statically typed programming languages such as Rust, Go, Java, or C# • Strong understanding of software architecture, backend development, APIs, system integrations, and cloud infrastructure • Experience making technical design decisions and solving complex engineering challenges • Experience collaborating with engineering, product, and delivery teams • Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and take ownership with minimal oversight • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills • Experience working directly with customers or external partners in technical delivery or implementation environments • Based in the US and willing to travel as needed to support customer engagements • Experience with digital identity, verifiable credentials, digital wallets, or identity verification solutions is a bonus • Knowledge of privacy-preserving technologies, authentication protocols, security standards, and interoperability frameworks is a bonus • Experience with public-sector organizations, government agencies, or highly regulated industries is a bonus • Familiarity with SpruceID's technology ecosystem and standards-based digital identity solutions is a bonus • Experience leading complex integrations involving multiple systems, vendors, or external partners is a bonus • Familiarity with accessibility, compliance, and legacy system modernization is a bonus • Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership across project teams is a bonus • Background in forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, technical consulting, or other customer-facing engineering roles is a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance-based bonuses may be included • Equity may be included • Benefits package • Fully remote work within the US • Travel support for customer engagements as needed

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