React Native Developer

• Architect and Develop: Design, implement, and maintain high-performance backend services using Java/Golang and intuitive frontend interfaces using React.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, promoting best practices and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Collaboration: Work with backend developers, frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks and scalability issues.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex issues in both backend and frontend components.
• Testing: Implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in full stack development.

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.

Requirement

1. 2+ Years of development experience in the full stack development (preferred MERN technology stack).
2. should be proficient in working with technologies like JavaScript, CSS, and JS with framework like NodeJs and ReactJS.
3. Strong skills and experience with programming, design, and architecture, and familiarity/experience with AWS and other cloud technologies.
4. Good Knowledge of APIs is a must.
5. Should have good knowledge of databases like Linux.
6. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
7. Keen interest in emerging technologies with an aptitude to learn and adapt.
8. A basic understanding in  Java is a plus.

Responsibilities:

1. Should be able to work independently once proper guidance is provided.
2. Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
3. Ensure timely completion of development activity.
4. Prepare training documents and provide training to internal teams on tools.
5. Consult, design, and develop well-structured, scalable in-house tools.
6. Should be able to write optimized business logic for business functions.

• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end services
• Define APIs for front-end and back-end
• Consume 3rd party APIs
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

• Strong understanding of JavaScript, its quirks, and workarounds
• Basic understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3
• Good understanding of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks - Angular, RxJS, Internationalization
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates and reactive components
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Familiarity with front-end build tools
• Proficient understanding of Git
• Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance
• Basic understanding of HTTP requests and proficiency in creating REST APIs using Swagger
• Strong understanding of relational databases and its concepts - MySQL
• Ability to write database queries and transactions using sequalize ORM
• We would prefer it the candidate has an experience of min 1 year but a maximum of 3 years with all above mentioned technologies, libraries and frameworks

Sr. Software Developer (Full Stack)

Experience: 3-6 years

Required skills:

• Proficiency in React
• HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and Material UI
• Hands-on experience on working with charting libraries like Recharts, ECharts, plotly.js, D3.js

• Node.js and MongoDB

We are looking for a seasoned full-stack developer(JavaScript) to build out and manage our Web and API infrastructure. Successful candidates will have a minimum of three years’ recent experience with all of the skills listed below.

Our project entails implementing our pre-approved UI, constructing our API, connecting the two, and setting up our cloud infrastructure. This includes all associated areas such as database and architecture design.

• Design and implementation of the overall web architecture
• “Pixel-perfect” implementation of our approved user interface
• Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
• Design and construction of our REST API and integration with front-end
• Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment
• Write clean, great quality, scalable and maintainable code with thorough testing
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the products and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

At least two years’ experience with:

• Writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Being up on latest practices is a must, e.g., HTML5, CSS3, and ECMAScript 6 (minimum)
• A relevant experience in back-end programming with NodeJS
• A relevant experience in front-end programming with ReactJS
• Database design and management of MySQL and DynamoDB
• Cloud infra management and deployment for the relevant environment
• Ideally, familiarity with Sass and Webpack
• Thorough understanding of user experience and possibly even product strategy
• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficiency with Git
• Appreciation for clean and well documented code
• Knowledge of Serverless Framework and AWS Lambda is a plus.

Job Description

• ​Be able to drive a team of around 4 developers
• Should be able to effectively lead from the front, integrating developers, analysts and QA
• Should be able to pair, and effectively mentor junior developers
• The ability to think innovatively and turn ambiguous problem spaces into clear solutions
• Be an inspiration for the team and a trusted partner to our customers

Requirements

• Familiar with PHP or Ruby or NodeJS. Strong experience in Laravel and/or ReactJS a plus
• Familiarity with the entire development -> prod flow a strong plus (our dev owns the DevOps)
• Familiarity with performance tuning a web stack a strong plus
• Comfortable working in an Agile highly dynamic start-up environment
• Demonstrate leadership skill and be accustomed to driving results in a collaborative, cross-functional environment