Principle Full Stack 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.

We are looking for a highly skilled computer programmer who is comfortable with both front and back end programming. Full stack developers are responsible for developing and designing front end web architecture, ensuring the responsiveness of applications, and working alongside graphic designers for web design features, among other duties.

Full stack developers will be required to see out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back-end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

• Degree in computer science.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, Node js and Amber.
• Proficiency with server-side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Express, Oracle, and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

We at Convrse are revolutionizing the way, 'The Metaverse' is going to be built. We aim to become the world’s largest library for sourcing interoperable 3D spaces for building all kinds of metaverse experiences.

We are searching for an innovative technical lead. to join our company. As the technical lead, you will oversee the company’s technical team and all projects they undertake, analyze briefs, write progress reports, identify risks, and develop work schedules. You should be able to work with your team and inspire them to reach their goals.

To be successful as a technical lead, you should always be expanding your industry knowledge and be able to quickly identify problems. Outstanding technical leads are accountable, trustworthy, and able to build lasting relationships with their teams.

Technical Lead Responsibilities:

1. Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.

2. Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

3. Liaising with team members, management, and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard.

4. Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible.

5. Analyzing existing operations and scheduling training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements.

6. Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and developments.

7. Updating work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required.

8. Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.

9. Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.

      10. Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders.

Technical Lead Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s/Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.

2. A 3-4 years of experience in a similar role would be advantageous.

3. In-depth experience in working with Reactjs and Go.

4. Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.

5. Experience with blockchain technology preferable.

6. Strong leadership and organizational abilities.

Skills: Node.js, React.js, MongoDB, Express JS, HTML, CSS, .

Requirements:

• Should have experience on Node.js and frameworks available for it, such as Express or StrongLoop. Preferably Express.
• Should have experience in building Rich UI components with React.js.
•  Should have hands on experience on MongoDB.  
• Strong understanding of JavaScript, its quirks and workarounds.
• Knowledge of ES6, ES7 and Object-oriented and functional programming.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Should have experience in working on Linux (Ubuntu) Environment and basic linux commands.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Good to have knowledge on Redis DB.
• Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance.
• Good to have exposure working in an agile development environment

Roles and Responsibilities :

Developing front end website architecture.
Designing user interactions on web pages.
Developing back end website applications.
Creating servers and databases for functionality.
Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
Designing and developing APIs.
Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Desired Candidate Profile :

HTML/CSS. While HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. ...

JavaScript. ...

Git and GitHub. ...

Backend languages. ...

Web architecture. ...

HTTP and REST. ...

Database storage. ...

Basic design skills.

Familiar with nodejs, reactjs, angularjs, expressjs etc......

Desired Profile

 Feasibility assessments – Outline Risks , Design , Effort / Cost Estimate.

 Analyse, design, document, and agree - Solutions to meet requirements / timelines.

 Produce refined estimates of effort, time, resource, and costs for work requests.

 Work effectively with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure delivery against agreed priorities.

 Develop code, perform peer code reviews, and complete integration tests.

 Ensure delivery of high quality, fit-for-purpose solutions – Follow software development & architectural principals.

 Ensure all solutions maintain the integrity of data throughout capture, processing, and storage.

 Engage with the various testing teams, facilitating systems Test, UAT & other test phases.

 Ensure all software changes are prepared for deployment into PRODUCTION, following CPP’s change control processes.

 Provide regular development progress reports to key stakeholders as necessary.

 Maintain effective documentation and share expertise with colleagues to eliminate single points of expertise within the team.

 Research the external environment, and where appropriate identify and recommend external partners for the delivery of best in class technologies suitable for CPP applications.

 Understanding the use cases (and/or user stories) in order to oversee the design of the architecture for the products to be built.

Skills:

Significant “hands on” software development/support experience gained in a commercial environment with React & Node.

Demonstrable knowledge of Postgres database technology.

Proven experience of using automated test tools/frameworks (e.g. Spock, Selenium, JEB) and Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Hudson, Jenkins).

Experience in a range of software development methodologies (e.g. Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall, DevOps) and secure coding standards (e.g. OWASP).

Knowledge of payment processing regulations (PCI-DSS) and security standards (ISO 27001).

Knowledge of other software development tools (e.g. Stash, Jira, Git).

 Degree in a relevant IT discipline, or equivalent experience gained in a relevant industry