OpenGov is home to an exceptional team - passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. By bringing the OpenGov Cloud to our nation's state and local government, we’re transforming communities so they can thrive!
Imagine yourself being able to help small business owners open their doors faster, ensuring our tax dollars are accounted for, creating safer infrastructure , modernizing the permitting process , and assisting with disaster recovery . The work you do here every day has a meaningful impact on people's lives!
OpenGov is a 2023 Top Workplaces USA award winner and a Forbes America's Best Startup Employer
Join our smart, fun, and humble team to experience the most rewarding career of your life!
Job Summary:
As a Sr. Software Engineer at OpenGov, you will develop top-tier SaaS solutions that enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in government agencies. As a crucial member of our engineering team, you'll lead and deliver new features and improvements in a fast-paced, agile environment, utilizing modern technologies such as ReactJS, Javascript, GraphQL, and NodeJS. We seek a driven individual who excels in a collaborative setting and can effectively work in a distributed team set-up. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for maintaining the highest standards.
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to design, implement, and optimize complex applications for performance and scalability while tackling unique technical challenges. Success in this position will rely on your ability to work closely with product, UX, and platform engineers and your capacity to execute tasks efficiently.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and technical guidance to ensure the development of resilient, scalable SaaS applications.
- Lead the single tenant to multi-tenant initiative for one of our key Suites.
- Prioritize and plan projects in alignment with the Product roadmap.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
- Troubleshoot, debug and resolve complex technical issues.
- Mentor and guide junior software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
- Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption and quality.
- Cultivate customer empathy to ensure that the solutions exceed customer expectations.
- Drive continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and operational excellence.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for their adoption where appropriate.
Requirements and Preferred Experience:
- BA/BS in a computer science-related field or equivalent experience required.
- 8+ years of experience in developing highly scalable cloud-native applications.
- Deep experience building applications on either Azure or AWS using the latest CI/CD and DevOps best practices.
- Prior experience in building applications that leverage modern tools like Grafana for observability and performance monitoring.
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, ReactJS, and NodeJS is a MUST.
- Proficiency with event-driven architecture, API integration, and GraphQL is a MUST.
Compensation: $118,000 - $176,302 a year. On target ranges above include base plus a portion of variable compensation that is earned based on company and individual performance. The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate’s geographical location.
What makes OpenGov unique:
»Leadership: CEO Zac Bookman (MPA from Harvard and JD from Yale) is truly a mission-driven CEO. He was named one of the 100 most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, a Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and SF and Silicon Valley Business Times' 40 under 40 class of 2018 !
»Growth: Record breaking growth with 1,800+ governments (and counting) using our products. Click here to read more.
»Culture: Winner of 2023 Top Workplaces USA award , Awarded Top 25 Cloud Companies to Work For , Winner of Forbes 2022 Best Startup Employers , 50 Best Workplaces award . Check out our Careers Video !
»Perks: 90% paid Medical/Dental/Vision premium for employees, fully paid Life and Short/Long term disability insurance, Unlimited PTO, Parental Leave policy, annual wellness stipend, anniversary awards, and more!
»Product: Named to the GovTech 100 (seven consecutive years), we are the leader in cloud software for our nation's cities, counties, and state agencies.
»Mission Driven: We are a technology company with a passion for the mission. We're powering more effective and accountable government.
Come join us and make a positive social impact!
OpenGov is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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