Software Engineer, Federal Infrastructure
PersonaAbout Persona
Persona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is harder — but more important — than ever, with AI enabling fraudsters to launch sophisticated accounts at scale and regulations evolving rapidly.
We’ve built Persona to support practically every use case and industry — that’s why we’re able to serve a wide range of leading companies. For example, Reddit relies on Persona for age assurance and verification to comply with online safety regulations, protecting younger users while maintaining a seamless experience. Meanwhile, OpenAI relies on Persona to keep bad actors out, protecting one of the world’s most powerful AI platforms from large-scale abuse in a time when AI is reshaping the way we work and live.
We’re growing rapidly and looking for exceptional people to join us!
About the role
The federal government loses billions of dollars each year to fraud. As generative AI makes attacks cheaper and harder to catch, agencies need identity infrastructure that's secure by design, not bolted on after the fact.
Persona is building the identity layer for the public sector. You'll be a founding builder of Persona's federal infrastructure, owning the full stack from cloud architecture to deployment pipelines to continuous compliance.
What you'll do at Persona
Make federal-grade infrastructure the default, not the exception. Design, build, and operate secure cloud infrastructure in GCP that meets FedRAMP Moderate and High requirements, enabling Persona to serve government customers with the same speed and reliability our commercial customers already expect.
Turn compliance from a bottleneck into a shipping advantage. Build automated deployment pipelines, security controls, and compliance gates so that meeting federal standards accelerates delivery rather than slowing it down.
Make continuous compliance real, not theoretical. Develop tooling for automated vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, and evidence collection, replacing manual overhead with systems that prove our security posture in real time.
Give every engineer the tools to build compliantly. Create internal platforms and automation that make it easy for product teams to deploy into federal environments without becoming compliance experts themselves.
Bridge the gap between policy and production. Partner with security and compliance teams to translate federal requirements into working systems, and serve as the engineering voice in audits, reviews, and incident response.
What you'll bring to Persona
3+ years of software engineering or infrastructure engineering experience, with a track record of designing and shipping systems in regulated environments (federal, healthcare, financial services, etc.).
Infrastructure-as-code fluency. Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure and tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
Strong software engineering fundamentals. Proficiency in Ruby and Ruby on Rails, with the ability to work across the application stack.
Container and orchestration experience. Docker and Kubernetes in production, plus CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and secure SDLC practices (SAST, DAST, vulnerability scanning).
Clear communicator across disciplines. You can translate compliance requirements into architecture decisions and work effectively across infrastructure, security, compliance, and product teams.
Nice to have
Experience with observability platforms (Datadog, GCP Cloud Logging, etc.)
Contributions to open-source infrastructure or security projects
Experience with federal procurement or working directly with government customers
Background in SRE practices or prior FedRAMP authorization experience
Active security clearance (e.g., Secret/Top Secret)
Work authorization
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Full-time Employee Benefits and Perks
For full-time employees (excluding internship and contractor opportunities), Persona offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision, 3% 401(k) contribution, unlimited PTO, quarterly mental health days, family planning benefits, professional development stipend, wellness benefits, among others. While we believe competitive compensation and benefits are a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you consider why our core values and culture are right for you. If you’d like to better understand what it’s like working at Persona, feel free to check out our reviews on Glassdoor.