Software Engineering Residency 2025 at Persona

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
InternshipExperience Level
InternshipJob Type
UnknownVisa
TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • Innovative mindset - Go beyond implementing tasks, make product suggestions, naturally curious, and embrace change
  • Independent thinking - Turn around features quickly, learn from mistakes, unblock yourself, take agency on new problems
  • People first - Care about real-world impact on people, excited to build products used daily
  • Continuous learner - Hunger for knowledge, driven to improve skills in new languages or technologies
  • Collaborative spirit - Leverage teammates' perspectives, learn other functions to get the job done
  • Limited software engineering work experience (aspiring engineers)
  • Ability to work in-office in San Francisco Tuesday-Thursday (relocation support available for those outside Bay Area)

Responsibilities

  • Work on projects spanning technologies, systems, and processes
  • Design, test, and ship code into production from day one
  • Collaborate with engineering, design, and product teams on important features
  • Communicate with customers
  • Help build Persona
  • Tackle small-scale tasks to complex data problems
  • Potentially work directly with customers to develop fraud-combating solutions
  • Learn foundational principles and gain exposure to real-world engineering challenges

Skills

Persona

Identity verification tools for online security

About Persona

Persona focuses on making online identity verification more user-friendly and secure. The company provides businesses with tools to confirm the identities of their users, which helps create a safer online environment. Their products include Web and iOS SDKs that allow companies to easily integrate verification processes into their platforms. These tools operate in two modes: production mode for live data and sandbox mode for testing with sample data. Persona differentiates itself from competitors by emphasizing reliability and uptime, which are critical for businesses that need real-time verification. The company's goal is to humanize the online verification process while ensuring that businesses can trust the identities of their users.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2018Year Founded
$211.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_CCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Company Match
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Family Planning Benefits
Professional Development Budget
Wellness Program

Risks

Class action lawsuit for biometric data capture could harm Persona's reputation.
Over-reliance on synthetic data may degrade identity verification accuracy.
Voice fraud and deepfakes challenge traditional identity verification methods.

Differentiation

Persona offers customizable identity verification flows for diverse business needs.
The company integrates advanced link analysis to detect risky user connections.
Persona's Graph solution provides expert-level fraud investigation capabilities.

Upsides

Rising demand for identity verification due to deepfake and voice fraud threats.
INFORM Consumers Act mandates verification, boosting demand for Persona's KYS solution.
Partnership with AtData enhances fraud prevention with email-centric intelligence data.

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