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OpenGov is the leader in AI-enabled software for cities, counties, state agencies, and special districts. With a mission to power more effective and accountable government, OpenGov serves 2,000 communities across the United States. OpenGov is built exclusively for the unique asset management, permitting and licensing, procurement and contract management, tax and revenue, budgeting and planning, and financial management needs of the public sector. The OpenGov platform empowers organizations to operate more efficiently, adapt to change, and strengthen public trust.

Learn more or request a demo at opengov.com

Job Summary:


As a Staff Engineer at OpenGov, you'll build best-in-class SaaS solutions that enable efficiency, transparency, and accountability within government agencies. You'll be a key member of our engineering team, delivering new features and improvements in a fast-paced, agile environment using modern technologies, including ReactJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, Kafka, and NodeJS.


A typical day in this role would provide opportunities to optimize applications for speed and scalability and resolve various unique technical challenges. Strong collaboration skills with the product, UX, and platform engineers and the ability to execute quickly will enable your success.


Passion for good component design and solid application architecture comes naturally to you. We value natural self-starters who can communicate ideas effectively and contribute to OpenGov's culture. You love clean code, principles over dogma, and making the world a little better every day.


Your work will directly enable government agencies to operate more efficiently, ensuring better services for millions of citizens. You'll influence key architectural decisions, improve developer velocity, and help shape OpenGov's technical future.

Responsibilities:

  • Write robust, highly performant, well-crafted code

  • Drive several project initiatives overseeing all technical aspects of the solution

  • Partner with engineering leadership to define the technical strategy and roadmap

  • Build key proofs-of-concept and prototypes to get the team on the right track

  • Identify technical weaknesses and craft plans to address

  • Deliver quality, scalable, and maintainable software to customers at an impressive pace

  • Produce clear and detailed design and technical documentation

  • Collaborate with other engineers on technical designs and champion best practices

  • Provide technical guidance and mentor engineers

  • Reduce complex designs and develop reusable and readable components and libraries

  • Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption, and quality

  • Tackle the most complex challenges facing the organization

Requirements and Preferred Experience:

  • BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent professional experience

  • 10+ years of professional experience in software design and development, preferably with a cloud-native technology stack and multi-tenant SaaS architecture

  • 7+ years of professional experience delivering scalable, highly-available, highly-performant consumer-facing web applications

  • Deep expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (ReactJS, TypeScript) and backend development with NodeJS.

  • 5+ years of professional experience with a modern cloud platform (AWS/Azure)

  • 3+ years of professional experience with a modern search platform (Elastic/OpenSearch)

  • Experience with event-driven architectures.

  • Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining public-facing APIs

  • Experience consuming and integrating with microservices-based backends in a scalable front-end application.

  • Demonstrated experience designing, building, and delivering complete software solutions

  • Deep understanding of build pipelines, version control tools, and upgrade strategies

  • Proven ability to collaborate with product management, stakeholders, designers, and engineers

Why OpenGov?

A Mission That Matters.

At OpenGov, public service is personal. We are passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. Government that operates efficiently, adapts to change, and strengthens public trust.  Some people say this is boring.  We think it’s the core of our democracy.

Opportunity to Innovate

The next great wave of innovation is unfolding with AI, and it will impact everything—from the way we work to the way governments interact with their residents. Join a trusted team with the passion, technology, and expertise to drive innovation and bring AI to local government. We’ve touched 2,000 communities so far, and we’re just getting started.

A Team of Passionate, Driven People

This isn’t your typical 9-to-5 job; we operate in a fast-paced, results-driven environment where impact matters more than simply clocking in and out. Our global team of 800+ employees is united in our commitment to challenge the status quo. OpenGov is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Dubuque, Plano, and Pune.

A Place to Make Your Mark

We pride ourselves on our performance-based culture, where every employee is encouraged to jump in head-first and take action to help us improve. If you have a great idea, we want to hear it. Excellent performance is recognized and rewarded, and we love to promote from within.

Benefits That Work for You

Enjoy an award-winning workplace with the benefits to match, including:

  • Comprehensive healthcare options for individuals and families.

  • Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays

  • 401(k) with company match

  • Paid parental leave, wellness stipends, and HSA contributions

  • Professional development and growth opportunities

  • A collaborative office environment with weekly catered lunches

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