# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

**Company:** [Spruce ID](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/spruce-id)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $150k – $175k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Rust, Go, Java, C#, AWS, GCP, Azure, DevOps, Full-Stack, Web Development
**Posted:** 2025-09-02

> Leads design, development, and deployment of privacy-preserving identity solutions for state governments. Ships backend software in Rust/Go/Java, builds full-stack apps, manages cloud infrastructure, and advises customers directly (5+ years experience required).

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Lead the design and development of products and solutions for state governments and enterprise customers
- Work side-by-side with customer delivery leads, engineers, and UX designers to ensure successful projects delivery and deployments
- Translate customer requirements into technical architectures and working implementations
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to public sector partners, guiding them through standards adoption and best practices
- Build backend software and full-stack web and mobile applications that meet public sector security, privacy, and accessibility standards
- Contribute to new and existing **Rust** codebases that run on backend services, mobile devices, and in the browser
- Manage customer deployments and support operations

## Qualifications
- **5+ years** of experience shipping backend software in statically typed languages, such as **C#**, **Rust**, **Go**, or **Java**
- Experience shipping modern web frontends that meet accessibility and security standards
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering efforts and deliver production systems
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (**AWS**, **GCP**, or **Azure**) and devops practices
- Excellent communication skills and experience working directly with customers, ideally in a consulting or delivery role
- Based in the US and excited to engage directly with state government partners

## Bonus Qualifications
- Strong foundation in digital identity, cryptography, data privacy, or blockchain
- Prior experience working with public sector software projects

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