Job SummaryAt OpenGov, bold ideas ship daily and rapid iteration turns directly into measurable customer impact. We stay relentlessly aligned with customer outcomes while pushing the frontier of AI-driven software development, using cutting-edge AI tools and techniques to build systems that scale.
As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will develop top-tier SaaS solutions that enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in government agencies. We are looking for a fearless, hands-on technical leader who thrives on tackling the most challenging architectural problems. As a crucial member of our team, you will lead and deliver new full stack features in a fast-paced environment, utilizing modern technologies such as ReactJS, TypeScript, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, and S3. You aren't just an individual contributor; you are a technical navigator who can quickly master new codebases, lead cross-team collaborations, and serve as the technical voice for the team.
Responsibilities- Technical Leadership: Act as the team's "Tech Lead" by overseeing the design, development, testing, and deployment of multi-tenant cloud-native solutions.
- Fearless Problem Solving: Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve the most complex technical issues and architectural bottlenecks with a proactive, "can-do" attitude.
- AI Transformation Leadership: Lead the team's transition toward AI-native development, championing the adoption of AI-driven tools and methodologies to fundamentally improve engineering productivity and software quality.
- Rapid Contribution: Quickly pick up and master new or existing codebases to provide immediate value and high-quality code contributions.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead collaboration across the organization to translate business priorities into shipped features that deliver customer success.
- Team Representation: Speak up and represent the team's technical interests in stakeholder meetings and cross-suite engineering forums.
- Engineering Excellence: Generate clean, efficient, and well-documented software following industry best practices and driving continuous improvement of development processes.
- Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and quality.
- Customer Empathy: Cultivate deep customer empathy to ensure that procurement and contract solutions exceed the expectations of the government agencies we serve.
Requirements And Preferred Experience- Full-Stack Expertise: 7+ years of experience in developing highly scalable cloud-native applications, working across the stack (frontend + backend) to ship features end-to-end.
- Technical Stack: Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, ReactJS, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, and S3 is a MUST.
- Modern Architecture: Proficiency with event-driven architecture and API integration is a MUST.
- Cloud & DevOps: Experience building applications on AWS using the latest CI/CD and DevOps best practices.
- Observability: Experience leveraging modern tools like Grafana for observability and performance monitoring.
- AI Integration: Experience building with AI-driven UX, agents, and workflow automation (direct ML experience not required).
- Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth, and sometimes ambiguous environment.
- Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to represent the team's technical vision to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Education: BA/BS in a computer science-related field or equivalent experience required.
