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Spruce
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Skills
RustGolangJavaC#ComplianceDigital Transformation
2 months ago
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$200,000 – $225,000 / year
Location:
United States
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
29 August 2026
What they need
- 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
- 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- Excellent leadership, communication, and consulting skills with the ability to influence strategy as well as execution
- Proven ability to lead large-scale engineering efforts that span multiple teams and organizations
- Based in the US and willing to travel as needed to support state government partners
- Demonstrated experience working with public sector or highly regulated industries, including direct customer engagement at both executive and technical levels
- 8+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering production-grade software in statically typed languages (Rust, Go, Java, C#)
- Strong expertise across the software development stack, including infrastructure, devops, architecture, frontend, and mobile
- 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
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