Fullstack Developer

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.

Technical & Professional
Requirements

• Reactjs Nodejs developer must know MongoDB, Express, Node.js, & React.
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js
• MERN stack developer must have proven experience in front & back-end development
• Work in a cross-functional team to deliver a complete user experience
• Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code
• Be responsive to change requests and feature requests
• Candidate must have good Knowledge of Node Debugging
• Understanding & proficiency in REST APIs.
• MERN stack developer should know Git Repository
• Integration of data storage solutions [RDBMS, NoSQL DB]

• Implementation of security and data protection
• Elementary knowledge of GRAPHQL
• Understanding of performance testing and optimization techniques
• MERN software developer must have good communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

Type of Work

• 80% Backend 20% Frontend
• Building SAAS products inhouse and working on SI(System integrator) projects for other SAAS companies

• Graduation in computers –Full-time B.E / B. Tech or an MCA degree (Regular Program, no part-time or long-distances courses).

Primary Responsibilities

1. Design and implement front-end & back-end services with high reliability and scalability
2. Contribute to system architecture and database design
3. Do high-level design with guidance and break down a complex system into simpler modules that can be reused
4. Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle
5. Learn about new technologies and incorporate them

What Are We Looking For?

1. Hands-on experience with Javascript frameworks like ReactJS / ExpressJS / NodeJS. Databases like MySQL / MongoDB and REST API is a must-have skill.
2. Proficient in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and huge passion and ability to design intuitive modules.
3. Experience building at least one application from scratch
4. Interest in learning new languages/frameworks as needed.
5. Worked in a startup environment.
6. A growth mindset and passionate about building things from the ground up.

Web / FE design

VueJS

Bootstrap

Java Script

Node.JS

Python

SQL Server

Azure

Agile

Your responsibilities as a Full Stack Developer * Write clean codes with relevant test cases

Roles & Responsibilities-

• Prototype quickly and optimize iteratively
• Integrating front end with server-side logic
• Implement security and data protection measures
• Document the work properly
• Implement feedback received from end-users
• Deployment on cloud
• Understanding of code versioning tools like git

Experience-

• Must have at least 2-3 years of experience in MEAN Stack development i.e MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js
• Extensive Experience in API integration and development.
• Working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Experience with version control systems and repository management.
• Passionate about writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills and experience building consumer systems at scale.

Required skillset
Applicants must have knowledge and experience in the following:

• Backend frameworks like nodejs, expressjs
• Working with RDBMS
• Familiarity with MongoDB would be beneficial
• HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• Frontend frameworks like Angular, React / Svelte
• A web servers like Nginx
• Familiarity of working with WebSocket’s
• Docker understanding

Brewhackers Technologies is a place for creative people to develop themselves and thrive in a rapidly changing world. We are developing a service to help people consume and share ideas that matter faster and more efficiently. We deliver this through an app for iOS and Android.

To meet this end, we are looking for a senior software engineer with very strong technical and problem solving skills, someone who loves to work on hard problems and is great with building scalable solutions.

As part of the founding team, the tech lead will have various responsibilites, such as designing the app architecture, writing the first version of the app from scratch, and building and leading the core technical team. 

Following key skills are expected : 

1. Strong grasp for good product design.
2. Minimum 2 Years Experience working with Node.js, MySQL/PostgresQL.
3. Should have excellent coding skills in Javascript/ES6.
4. Strong conceptual grasp of React Native or Flutter and minimum 1 year experience in the same.
5. Strong knowledge of AWS.
6. Good product architectural sensibilities to take product from concept to implementation
7. Deep understanding of OO concepts, Database design, REST APIs, GraphQL & Service design. 
8. Knowledge of agile development and version control tools like GIT.

Now on the personality side : 

1. We are looking for an independent, responsible person. Mainly because there is no time for micro-management. We expect you to be able to carry your own weight and be a reliable partner.
2. We are looking for a fast learner. We may need to use technologies that you never used before. That should not scare, but excite you. In most cases we may not even know what we need and you may have to propose something.
3. We are looking for you to get stuff done. We work in weekly sprints because we believe in consistent delivery over big lengthy releases.
4. We want you to be proactive. We appreciate conviction way more than consensus. Words are nice, opinions are cute, but proactivity in action is golden.
5. We want you to be a partner for your colleagues in the dev team. Help or lead the planning process, code reviews, commits etc. Provide guidance and help your colleagues when they get stuck.
6. We want you to be an over-communicator. We are remote-first and it’s up to you to show your work, explain your ideas or highlight problems.