Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

Posted 7 months ago• Aerospace Engineering

Compensation

$200,000–$225,000/year

Job Description

SpruceID builds privacy-preserving, standards-based digital identity and credentialing solutions that give individuals control of their information while enabling governments and enterprises to deliver secure, interoperable services. We partner with public-sector organizations to modernize how identity is issued, verified, and used.

As a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, you will operate at the intersection of technical leadership and strategic delivery. You will lead high-impact engagements with state governments and public sector partners, guiding both the architecture and the adoption strategy for digital identity solutions. You’ll work closely with engineering teams, delivery managers, and executives, both within SpruceID and on the customer side, to ensure that deployments not only succeed technically, but also achieve lasting policy and operational outcomes.

This role is hands-on and customer-facing. You’ll write and review code, architect systems, and set engineering best practices, while also shaping roadmaps, influencing standards, and representing SpruceID in strategic conversations.

This job is fully remote within the US.

What You'll Do

Define technical strategy and architecture for public sector deployments, ensuring both technical excellence and alignment with policy and operational needs

Act as the senior technical representative in executive-level customer meetings, bridging the gap between technical details and business or policy outcomes

Lead multiple end-to-end multi-year projects from rapid prototyping to development to operations and maintenance

Architect and build backend systems, full-stack web applications, and mobile solutions with a focus on security, privacy, and accessibility

Translate government requirements into robust, standards-based solutions that integrate with both modern and legacy systems

Mentor and guide forward deployed engineers and delivery teams, setting standards for high-quality engineering and customer collaboration

Identify and drive efficiencies across projects, ensuring knowledge and tooling are shared across teams

Collaborate with platform teams to feed customer insights into SpruceID’s roadmap and contributions to global identity standards

Qualifications

8+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering production-grade software in statically typed languages (Rust, Go, Java, C#)

Proven ability to lead large-scale engineering efforts that span 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 both executive and technical levels

Excellent leadership, communication, and consulting skills with the ability to influence strategy as well as execution

Based in the US and willing to travel as needed to support state government partners

Bonus Qualifications

Experience leading digital transformation or modernization efforts in the public sector

Familiarity with procurement, compliance, and governance considerations in state government projects

Deep knowledge of digital identity, computer security, cryptography, and user data privacy practices

Experience as a Field CTO or similar

At SpruceID, we value diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

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Job Details

Category: Aerospace Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: United States
Posted: Sep 2, 2025, 05:01 PM
Listed: Mar 30, 2026, 07:11 PM
Compensation: $200,000 - $225,000 per year

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