The Role:

Founded in 2012, Socure is the leader in digital identity verification technology for Day Zero and beyond. Our predictive analytics platform applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, phone, address, IP, device, velocity, and the broader internet, to verify identities in real-time. We have more than 1000 customers across the financial services, gaming, telecom, and ecommerce industries, including three of the top five banks, seven top 10 issuers, three top MSBs, multiple tier-one payroll providers, the top credit bureau, and over 75 of the largest and most successful fintechs such as Varo Money, Public, Chime, and Stash. We are funded by some of the world's best investors and entrepreneurs including Accel, Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Work-Bench, Sorenson, Citi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Synchrony, MVB Bank, Santander InnoVentures, and Two Sigma Ventures.

Our trophy case includes numerous industry awards and accolades, including being named one of Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2021 as well as the Best New Technology Introduced over the Last 12 months – Data and Data Services at the 2020 American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs), being ranked #70 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, getting listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor, and winning Finovate’s Award for Best Use of AI/ML, to name a few!

In our mission to become the single, trusted source of identity verification and eliminate identity fraud from the internet, data is at the core of what we build. It’s how we innovate and the key to offering the most accurate Identity Verification on the market. With the ever increasing customer needs, we are significantly expanding our engineering team and scaling our product development process.

Socure is looking for a Staff Engineer to lead our Android development on the Document Verification (DocV) product. 

This is a remote position based in the US reporting to the Director of Engineering. Join us and lead the way to eliminate identity fraud!

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with cross functional partners including engineering, product, support, operations and sales to develop product roadmap for Socure’s award-winning Identity Verification solutions. 
• Define architecture of the product to meet business needs and promote developer efficiency as we scale and grow our business.
• Own the technical roadmap and lead the team in building Socure’s cutting-edge products for Android devices.
• Implement the most challenging components of the product and help others in their implementations in order to ensure the product is secure and reliable with delightful user experience
• Lead Android team in design and code reviews while mentoring other engineers at various levels.
  

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years of practical experience in building Android applications or libraries
• 2+ years of experience as a technical lead for a small team of engineers 
• Strong experience owning technical designs and implementation end to end
• Experience leading and mentoring other team members and providing technical guidance
• Solid experience in Kotlin and Java
• Strong grasp on design patterns and ability to write robust Android SDK following best practices
• Possess knowledge of computer graphics and computer vision (OpenGL, ARCore, ML Kit, OpenCV, etc)
• A customer-first mindset and ability to communicate complex technical concepts with individuals across varying levels and functions of the organization
• Experience working within Agile methodologies in a cross-functional, collaborative team environment
• Excellent communication, organization, and documentation skills

If you are a phenomenal problem solver looking for cutting-edge technical and business challenges with a team of experienced professionals and game-changers, making a major impact in the Identity Verification realm, we look forward to hearing from you! Apply today!

A Message on COVID-19:

Socure's number one priority is to safeguard the health and well-being of our team members, our families and our communities. During this unprecedented time, we are closely monitoring COVID-19 developments and updating our response plan quarterly. We are regularly soliciting feedback from our employees to help inform our return-to-office strategy. For our team members who loved going into the office, we are looking forward to meeting once again! But until then, we are striving to ensure that Socureans have the resources and support they need to excel from home. This includes a work-from-home stipend so you can build your home office and fun, virtual events so you can continue to feel connected to your coworkers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.