What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Software Engineer position at Prove?
Prove is the modern platform for continuous identity authentication and is used by over 1,000
enterprises and 500 financial institutions including 9 of the top 10 U.S. banks. Prove’s cloud
solutions and mobile intelligence-driven APIs can be easily orchestrated to increase Approve
Rates to over 90%, enabling companies to authenticate customer identities accurately,
effortlessly, and privately, while mitigating fraud. Prove’s solutions are available in 195
countries. For the latest updates from Prove, follow us on LinkedIn.
As we continue to scale our company, we are looking for people who know how to make an
impact. We’re talking self-starting professionals who thrive in a fast-paced environment,
process information quickly and make intelligent decisions. The work is challenging and
requires not only smarts, but natural curiosity and tenacity. Teamwork is also important to us –
we work together and play together.
Prove has big plans; we’re excited and optimistic about the future. If this sounds like a career
for you – come check us out.
Position Summary
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be joining the recently-acquired UnifyID group at Prove.
This team is building next generation user authentication solutions that combine behavioral
biometrics from smartphone sensor data, machine learning, and enterprise-grade cloud
services. The result is an accurate, frictionless, and secure authentication service that defends
against malicious attacks on mobile and web experiences.
You’ll be part of a highly effective engineering team with a collaborative get-stuff-done culture.
We embrace our startup roots and are willing to wear whatever hat is necessary to make our
team and products successful.
In this role you will take on a hands-on technical leadership role for the cloud components of a
critical new product initiative. You’ll have the ability to both dive deeply into challenging
technical problems and work with other engineering teams and product management to help
drive the product direction. As a key early member of a brand-new product initiative, you will
have a lot of influence and opportunity to make a huge impact.
What You Are Accountable For
● Hands-on coding, architecture decisions, systems analysis, code reviews, design, and
delivery of assigned projects
● Set a good example by writing well designed, testable, efficient code that meets coding
standards
● Take an active role in ensuring good technical decisions are being made by the team,
taking the overall business objectives into account
● Lead cross-functional efforts to analyze, automate, and optimize system performance
● Deliver new features, execute on the roadmap and plan for the future
● Provide thought leadership on industry best practices around design, testing, security,
and development practices
● Exercise creative thinking and imagination to find solutions to hard problems.
● Mentor other developers
What We Require
● 8 years of professional software development experience, preferably in a fast-paced
environment
● Strong software development principles, including scalable software and architectural
design patterns
● Prior technical leadership experience preferred
● Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field/experience preferred
● Familiarity with Go, K8s and AWS preferred
● Experience with mobile development and/or public cloud infrastructure a plus
● Familiarity with machine learning and/or signal processing techniques a plus
Prove is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity
for all people regardless of race, color, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status,
national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics
