Spruce Systems, Inc.

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

Spruce Systems, Inc.

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California, Colorado, Utah

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

GoJavaOpen SourceRust

About the role

  • At SpruceID: reimagining trusted interactions; building open source software for digital identity and government use
  • Principal Forward Deployed Engineer operating at the intersection of technical leadership and strategic delivery
  • This job is fully remote within the US, but we prefer candidates in states where we do business including CA, UT, and CO
  • 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

Requirements

  • 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