Tech Lead

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  Software Engineer II  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, Javascript, GraphQL, and NodeJS.

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

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality software with minimum supervision
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and operational excellence 
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team
• Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption and quality

Requirements and Preferred Experience:

• BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of professional experience in developing cloud native applications.
• Proficiency in Java or C++ or C# or equivalent program language is required.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, ReactJS, and NodeJS is required 
• Proficiency in data structures, database concepts, algorithms and observability is required
• Working knowledge of event-driven architecture and Kafka preferred
• Working knowledge of ElasticSearch/OpenSearch preferred

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 for 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!

» 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.

• Develops code in C# and front-end technologies like Angular and React.
• Can test own code using unit testing framework.
• Able to understand and adhere to design principles and technical designs explained to him.
• Able to solve algorithmic and platform problems by researching online and trying out solutions

• ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server and JavaScript are must.
• MVC candidate should be preferred.
• Any other JavaScript library also an added advantage.

• Analysis
• Multitasking
• Communication Skills
• Results Oriented
• High Energy
• Self-Motivated

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who has experience building cloud native applications in an Agile environment

Key Aspects of Role :

• Leverage deep knowledge of the full technology stack to help achieve business objectives and customer outcomes
• Collaborate with Product Management to validate the technical feasibility of and establish non-functional requirements
• Collaborate with Architecture to evolve architecture to solve technical challenges, support future requirements, scale effectively, continually meet/exceed SLAs and resolve tech debt
• Technical advisor to internal or external stakeholders on complex technical components
• Technical leader working with the team to help remove blockers and act as a tie breaker
• Adjust the team processes, listening to feedback and guiding the team through change and driving continuous improvement
• Guide, teach, and mentor team, providing feedback and moderating discussions
• Represent the interests of the team in cross functional meetings
• Maintain and proactively share knowledge of current technology and industry trends
• Work closely with peers to ensure the team is aligning with cloud native, lean/Agile/DevOps & 12 Factor Application best practices ensuring rapid value delivery and with quality
• Collaborate with other Principal Engineer’s to drive engineering best practices around testing, CI/CD, GitOps, TDD, architectural alignment, and relentless automation
• Excellent understanding and familiarity with Cloud Native and 12 Factor Principles, Microservices, Lean Principles, DevOps, Test Driven Development (TDD), Extreme Programming (XP), Observability / Monitoring

Required Skills:

• B.Tech/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, and 3 - 10 years relevant industry experience
• Coding experience in Java
• Extensive hands-on experience working with AWS cloud products and services
• Experience with popular open-source software such as Postgres, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Redis and Couchbase
• Experience working with NodeJS, React/Redux, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes
• Experience with development frameworks such as the Spring/Spring Boot framework, Hibernate and knowledge of advanced SQL
• Proficiency with modern object-oriented languages/frameworks, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, Data Streaming
• Knowledge of containers and container orchestration platforms, preferably Kubernetes
• Experience delivering services using distributed architectures: Microservices, SOA, RESTful APIs and data integration architectures
• Knowledge of containers and container orchestration platforms, preferably Kubernetes
• Advanced Architecture and system design skills and principles
• Excellent organizational skills and can drive a cross-team strategic project or initiative
• Solid coaching, mentorship and technical leadership to help others grow
• Able to drive consensus/commitment within and across teams and departments
• Advanced critical thinking and problem solving on complex issues and customer concerns.
• Strategic thinker beyond immediate needs, considering the longer-term
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to communicate highly complex technical concepts
• Demonstrate high level of empathy with internal colleagues, stakeholders and customers

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Summary:

The Learner Company is an education start-up that designs personalized learning experiences by integrating them with the best of what technology offers. We are currently building an online learning engine to host adaptive online courses, simulations, and multiplayer games for institutional partners. We are now in the software development stage of the project.

We are looking for a full-stack developer to join our development team. The developer will be responsible for the overall development and implementation of front and back-end software applications. Their responsibilities will extend from designing system architecture to high-level programming, performance testing, and systems integration.

We are looking for an individual who is optimistic about technology and people, is open to and excited by new ideas, and considers themselves a life-long learner.

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects.
• Designing software system architecture.
• Completing data structures and design patterns.
• Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs.
• Developing and maintaining internal software tools.
• Writing low-level and high-level code.
• Troubleshooting and bug fixing.
• Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.
• Collaborating with the design team on developing micro-services.
• Writing technical documents.

Required Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science.
• Previous experience as a full stack engineer.
• Advanced knowledge of front-end languages including HTML5, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, C++, JQuery, React.js and Next.js.
• Knowledge of relational database systems and SQL.
• Familiarity with AWS architecture and working knowledge of services like S3, SES, EC2, RDS and more.
• Proficient in back-end languages including Java, Python, Rails, Ruby, .NET, and PHP.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Notion, Veed.io, Linear, Intercom, Plateau, and Miro.
• A strong belief that a team as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organization skills
  
  

Experience Needed: 2+ Years

Location: Bengaluru

• Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects.
• Designing software system architecture.
• Completing data structures and design patterns.
• Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs.
• Developing and maintaining internal software tools.
• Writing low-level and high-level code.
• Troubleshooting and bug fixing.
• Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.
• Collaborating with the design team on developing micro-services.
• Writing technical documents.

• Deep knowledge in one or more domains of the study required for the function.
• Capability to write clear and structured technical documents.
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, very good communication skills, and able to work in a team.
• The capability of working in an international/multicultural environment.
• Ability to apply high quality standard

• Good experience in Angular.
• Good experience & knowledge of latest trends in Java, J2EE, Spring framework, Oracle, SQL, HTML, XML, XSD.
• Good knowledge of web services (SOAP, REST).
• Good knowledge of Cloud Technologies and Micro Services is an asset
• Experience with the following tools/ frameworks: Maven, GIT
• Experience in PKI is an asset

• The methodology is Agile
• Reporting tools are JIRA and Confluence

• Provision of expert advice and assistance, technology watch, architectural considerations, applicable standards, solution patterns, and best practices in Angular,
• J2EE, Web services, and SSL/TLS technologies
• Providing solution options
• Development of applications (full stack) using the technologies/tools mentioned in the specific expertise
• Review of Information Systems Infrastructure Architectures
• Performing PoC in the requested technologies
• Participation in user, service, and project meetings
• Create / update documentation as part of knowledge management
• Strive for innovation and open to new trends