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Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Specialist

IDMe · McLean, VA · posted 14 days ago

In short: Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Specialist at IDMe in McLean, VA, posted 14 days ago.

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McLean, VAlocation
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14 days agoposted
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The job

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EmployerIDMe
LocationMcLean, Virginia
FieldTechnology › Software engineering
Levelnot stated
Source categoryEngineering
Posted2026-10-26 (14 days ago)
Work arrangementOn-site at the location listed
PayNot published in the source listing

Job description

Company Overview

IDMe is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with IDMe once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 175 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with IDMe at 22 federal agencies, 50 state government agencies, and more than 100 healthcare organizations. Over 600 consumer brands use IDMe to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. IDMe’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. IDMe is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.

IDMe is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA; Mountain View, CA; New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles — such as field-based sales or other remote-by-design positions — may have different work arrangements as noted in their individual postings.

At IDMe, we embrace the thoughtful use of AI tools in our daily work and there are even occasions where we leverage AI in our hiring process. However, during the interview process, we want to understand your individual skills and experiences. Therefore, we have guidelines on how AI can be appropriately used during your application and interviews which can be found here.

Role Overview

IDMe is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (SDE5), PostgreSQL Specialist to lead the engineering, evolution, and operational excellence of our PostgreSQL-based data platform. This role sits at the intersection of deep database internals and platform software engineering—focused on scaling our core relational databases (across CloudSQL, AlloyDB, and AWS RDS) and building the developer tooling, safe change deployment pipelines, and automated guardrails that protect IDMe’s mission-critical identity systems.

As a Staff Engineer on the Core Platform Data team, you will serve as the organization’s foremost technical authority on PostgreSQL internals, performance engineering, and safe database evolution at scale. Beyond tuning queries and managing high-scale database infrastructure, you will act as a force multiplier for the entire engineering organization by designing and maintaining automated schema change pipelines, migration linters, and self-service guardrails that enable product engineers to ship database changes safely, rapidly, and without production disruption. You will also lead high-stakes database engine upgrades, large-scale data migrations, and Change Data Capture (CDC) initiatives in partnership with Product Engineering, SRE, Security, and Compliance teams. This is a highly technical, hands-on role that combines deep mastery of PostgreSQL internals with strong software engineering skills to build resilient systems and developer-facing database automation.

This role is based out of our Mountain View, CA or McLean, VA offices and requires full-time in-office attendance.

Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role. 

IDMe offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays, short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit.

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.

U.S. Pay Range$174,000—$229,000 USDMountain View, CA Pay Range$194,000—$253,000 USD

IDMe maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All IDMe employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. IDMe does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. IDMe adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, IDMe's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

Please review our Privacy Policy, including our CCPA policy, at id.me/privacy. If you provide IDMe with any personally identifiable information you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in our Privacy Policy.

IDMe participates in E-Verify.

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Estimate for a wage earner: 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction (IRS), Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare 1.45% (+0.9% above $200,000 single / $250,000 married), and a state rate you set; set your own state tax rate. It ignores credits, pre-tax deductions, local taxes and benefits. Sources: IRS: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments · SSA wage base per Federal Register notice 2025-19763.

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The city

The job is in McLean, VA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How McLean compares. Among the 100 largest places in Virginia, McLean is #17 by population, #1 for household income (#1 = highest), #3 for college degrees (#1 = most), #97 for rent (#1 = cheapest). Its county, Fairfax County, is #3 of 133 counties for average pay ($114,100).

The place in numbers

McLean has 49,627 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.6% of the population of Virginia. It covers 25 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 2,001 people per square mile. The median age is 46.6, 19% older than the state median (46.6 against 39.0). It is a census-designated place: a community the Census Bureau counts as a unit, without a city government of its own, so services such as police, roads and zoning usually come from the county.

Housing

The median gross rent is $3,422 a month (rent plus utilities), 117% above the state median ($3,422 against $1,579). Over a year that is 16.4% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $1,412,700, which is 5.7 times the median household income ($250,001); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 86.1% of households own their home, 28% above the state average (86.1% against 67.3%).

Work and pay

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area has 3,136,190 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $71,060 a year, 39% above the national median ($71,060 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are business and financial operations (369,190 jobs, median $105,260); management (319,760 jobs, median $165,010); office and administrative support (290,050 jobs, median $53,250). The area is most specialised in legal (2.6 times) and computer and mathematical (2.2 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are legal ($175,070) and management ($165,010). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Fairfax County was 3.4%. 61.4% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Fairfax County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 51.3% drive alone, 3.4% use public transit, 1.0% walk, 38.3% work from home. 15.9% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 9% below the state average (15.9% against 17.6%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

84.3% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 100% above the state share (84.3% against 42.2%). 25.0% of residents were born outside the United States, 91% above the state share (25.0% against 13.1%). The poverty rate is 2.9%, 71% below the state rate (2.9% against 9.9%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 78°F (25.6°C), and the coolest is Jan at 31°F (-0.4°C). About 1,117 mm (44 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; May is the wettest month (120 mm) and Jan the driest (65 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Tysons (2 miles, rent 27% lower); Idylwood (4 miles, rent 40% lower); Falls Church (4 miles, rent 36% lower); Vienna (5 miles, rent 30% lower). Rent differences are against McLean; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of McLean, VA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅Distance from the job city ⇅Median rent ⇅Median home value ⇅Median household income ⇅Commute 45+ min ⇅Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅Open jobs there ⇅
McLean, VA0 mi$3,422$1,412,700$250,00115.9%n/aJobs
Tysons, VA2 mi$2,497$640,000$129,81815.8%n/aJobs
Idylwood, VA4 mi$2,045$756,900$120,10914.1%n/a—
Falls Church, VA4 mi$2,190$1,055,600$143,26223.7%n/a—
Vienna, VA5 mi$2,391$1,008,800$216,95313.9%n/aJobs
Potomac, MD5 mi$2,887$1,157,000$236,67521.3%n/a—
Wolf Trap, VA5 mi$3,501$1,204,000$250,00123.2%n/a—
Bethesda, MD5 mi$2,469$1,169,900$192,23717.3%n/aJobs
West Falls Church, VA5 mi$2,066$706,800$134,97819.1%n/a—
Merrifield, VA6 mi$2,368$660,800$136,37320.0%n/a—
Arlington, VA7 mi$2,322$895,000$142,11414.7%n/aJobs
Oakton, VA7 mi$2,276$792,100$160,66323.0%n/a—
Bailey's Crossroads, VA7 mi$2,021$416,600$88,48316.0%n/a—
North Bethesda, MD8 mi$2,191$731,800$129,09221.5%n/a—
Great Falls, VA8 mi$3,501$1,411,000$250,00126.9%n/a—
Annandale, VA8 mi$1,933$681,300$116,26314.1%n/a—
Reston, VA8 mi$2,231$642,000$148,71015.8%n/aJobs
Fairfax, VA8 mi$2,245$722,600$132,34818.1%n/aJobs
Lincolnia, VA9 mi$2,141$647,400$121,63916.7%n/a—
Washington, DC10 mi$1,954$737,100$109,87019.0%n/aJobs

Career paths

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Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far McLean, VA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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From ⇅Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅Population of that city ⇅
Philadelphia, PA132 mi1,579,706
New York, NY210 mi8,483,844
Columbus, OH317 mi914,802
Charlotte, NC327 mi903,844
Indianapolis, IN482 mi885,860
Chicago, IL587 mi2,711,226
Jacksonville, FL646 mi977,670
Oklahoma City, OK1,141 mi697,125
Dallas, TX1,172 mi1,307,930
Fort Worth, TX1,203 mi963,194
Houston, TX1,212 mi2,328,253
Austin, TX1,309 mi979,539
San Antonio, TX1,379 mi1,479,835
Denver, CO1,474 mi718,877
Phoenix, AZ1,967 mi1,642,323
San Diego, CA2,257 mi1,389,526
Los Angeles, CA2,295 mi3,857,263
Seattle, WA2,314 mi754,195
San Jose, CA2,404 mi990,138
San Francisco, CA2,459 mi830,235

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅Straight-line distance ⇅Open jobs ⇅
Chevy Chase, MD6 mi3
Arlington, VA7 mi257
Reston, VA8 mi29
Washington, DC10 mi391
Alexandria, VA10 mi7
Springfield, VA11 mi1
Ashburn, VA16 mi17
Baltimore, MD40 mi112
Newark, DE92 mi8
Richmond, VA99 mi9
Wilmington, DE104 mi6
Scottsville, VA105 mi4

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