Technical Lead - MERN Stack

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 skilled Senior Full-Stack developers who can architect and develop large-scale enterprise applications using React.js for front-end and Node.js for API's.

Responsibilities :

●      Review application requirements and interface designs.

●      Identifying web-based user interactions.

●      Developing and implementing highly responsive user interface components using React concepts.

●      Writing application interface codes using Javascript following React.js workflows.

●      Understand proposed features and quickly design and build scalable API and SQL schema & queries.

●      Proactively analyze website performance and implement solutions for improvement.

●      Collaborate with architects, developers, business analysts, and QA analysts to design, develop, and test applications.

●      Documenting application changes and developing updates.

●      Collaborate with other team members.

Requirements :

●      Proven work experience as MERN developer (5+yrs)

●      3+ years of experience building complex web applications.

●      Solid work experience using component-based development on the client-side.

●      3+ years of experience coding robust and secure Rest API's in Node.js, JSON, XML.

●      Experience coding in JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

●      Experience in integrating systems using Rest APIs and single sign-on.

●      Experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment using AWS CodePipeline and CloudFormation templates.

●      Experience with AWS infrastructure (API Gateway, S3, Lambda, Aurora, EC2).

●      Experience with Google Analytics integration.

●      Deep knowledge to create standards-compliant, cross-browser, mobile compatible front-end code with responsive design.

●      Deep knowledge of server-side and front-end performance optimization.

●      Strong design skills are a huge plus.

●      Should be a self-starter who is excited to solve many technical challenges relentlessly.

●      Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The company has been widely recognized as an industry innovator in the Data Privacy, Security space and is being built by proven Cybersecurity executives who have successfully built and scaled high growth Security companies and built Privacy programs as executives.

We are seeking an experienced Senior React Developer with Node Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate should have at least 7+ years of experience in building scalable web applications using NodeJS and a solid understanding of AWS services. The candidate should also have experience in designing and building large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop high-quality, scalable, and performant software solutions using NodeJS and AWS services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to identify and solve complex business problems.
• Design and develop large-scale distributed systems that are reliable, resilient, and fault-tolerant.
• Write clean, well-designed, and maintainable code that is easy to understand and debug.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure that all code is of high quality and adheres to best practices.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues and work with the team to develop and implement solutions.
• Stay up-to-date with new technologies and best practices in software engineering and cloud computing.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in building web-based applications using ReactJS and NodeJS.
• Strong experience with React frameworks, including Ant Design.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript, and experience with libraries such as Redux.
• Experience with HTML and CSS, and the ability to create responsive web applications.
• Experience with server-side frameworks such as Express and NestJS.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including agile development, TDD, and continuous integration and deployment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and solve complex technical problems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

About Klenty

Klenty is a Software Product company operating in the Sales Engagement category.

One of the fastest growing SAAS startups in the sales engagement space, Klenty is headquartered in California and operates from Chennai, India.

Klenty’s Sales Engagement Product helps thousands of sales teams automate all the repetitive activities involved in the sales process like sending emails, follow-ups, tracking engagement metrics, etc - so that the sales team can focus more on activities like building relationships and closing deals.

With over 3000 customers all over the world, we are on a mission to transform every B2B Sales team into an unstoppable force

Join us in building the future of sales engagement software

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

Roles and Resposibilities

• Design and implementation of the overall web architecture.

• Flawless implementation of our approved user interface.

• Design and deployment of our database used in online and offline executions and construction of our REST API.

• Integrating with third-party APIs and existing frameworks.

• Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment.

• Providing improvements to the product being supported.

• Actively participated in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives, and solution releases.

• Developing and adhering to best practices for developing applications and continuously contributing to team performance improvement and collaboration.

• Design, code, test, debug, maintain, and document programs.

• Writing unit tests to continually improve the quality of our ability to introduce features at a rapid pace.

• Programming, updating, and managing server-side code.

• Working closely with other developers to maintain structured code.

• Continuously improve the tribe’s services to achieve technical excellence and pay off the technical debt over time.

Required Skills

• At least 3 years of experience with: Relevant back-end programming

• in NodeJS, ReactJS, ExpressJS, JavaScript

• Database design and management, including being up on the latest practices and associated versions.

• Server management and deployment for the relevant environment

• Familiarity with a relevant and globally supported framework—both front-end and back-end.

• Ideally, familiarity with CSS pre-processors, bundlers, and associated languages/syntaxes/libraries

• Thorough understanding of user experience and possibly even product strategy.

• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests

• Proficiency with Git

• Experience with agile and/or DevOps processes and tools (e.g., JIRA,) Ability to translate software requirements into working and maintainable solutions within the existing application frameworks.

• Excellent knowledge of relational databases. Excellent skills in DB schema design.

Skills:- MongoDB, Express, React.js, NodeJS (Node.js), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Javascript, CI/CD, Redis, Elastic Search and Heroku

Industry

Information Services

Employment Type

Full-time

Who should not apply for this job

• If you are looking for a 100% hike in your salary but can't commit to what value you will bring on the table
• If you never read books
• If you jump companies every 11-12 months
• If you are not comfortable working on Saturdays
• If you have less than 2 years of experience
• If you have more than 4 years of experience

At this position you will:

• Get solid experience with high-load distributed architecture using REST and High load services.
• Work with automated CI/CD processes, AWS cloud, and VoIP.
• Implement and support microservices based on Elasticsearch, Mongo, and frontend.

Key-Skills Required:

Node.js  | Express  | REST Api   | Javascript  | Redux-Saga |   MongoDB | Web security TLS/SSL | Web Sockets |   Promises & Call-backs | Database & Data structures |   Redis | Elasticseach | React.Js

Key Deliverables: 

• New feature design and implementation, Bug fixing, testing and performance tuning.
• Work on the API and Engines.
• Code deployment on cloud & maintenance of the same.
• Take complete ownership of a product/feature from setup to deployment.
• Time-bound feature delivery & updating.
• Cost-saving using efficient & effective technologies

Role and Responsibilities: 

• Work on back-end (+ frontend integration) development of core scripts using NodeJS / MongoDB /Express /Redux, and Redis.
• Manage Key-value based databases like Redis.
• Active participation in the development of a sophisticated platform as one of the leading developers.
• Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular, and database level.
• Respond promptly and professionally to bug reports. 
• Knowledge of bluebird.js (Promises), Async, etc will be of advantage.
• Coding and programming using Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structure and Algorithms, architecture/ design and build RESTful API.
• Passionate about building products and features and build the product from scratch with thrust on Web security, TLS/SSL, web sockets, etc
• Knows one or more of Wireframes/ Prototyping/ Functional Documentation of business.

4-10 LPA based on experience and on performance in the interview round (70% Fixed - 30% Variable Incentive based on performance/delivery schedule)

(We do ZERO deductions since the salary will be paid from US/Singapore)

Full Stack Developer with excellent and strong experience in the design and development of secure and high performing applications/products using MEAN Stack on Cloud-based architecture using DevOps processes.

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.

Technical Experience/skills & Qualifications required:

• Degree in Computer Science
• 6 to 8 years of experience in Information Technology with at least 4+ years in MEAN stack development
• Highly experienced with back-end programming languages Ex: Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc
• Proficient experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, ReactJS, Node JS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, etc.
• Development experience for both mobile and desktop.
• Understanding of server-side languages including such-as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Experience in development using the DevOps tools like Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins
• Experience in developing applications on the cloud platform especially AWS
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
• Experience working with JIRA and Gitlab
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.

Other Generic and Behavioural Skills

• Experience in Healthcare domain and HIPAA compliance awareness would be a big plus
• Strong team player and ability to adapt to a dynamic and agile environment
• Design thinking and ability to deliver innovative solutions
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to details

Why should you apply:

• Great opportunity to be a part of booming Healthcare sector and ride the wave
• Big opportunity to work with the leadership team which promotes and encourages innovation-driven thought process and execution
• Opportunity to work with young minds using the latest technologies
• Ability to work in an environment that will enable you to realize ownership with the freedom to learn and deliver a great product
• Fantastic opportunity to grow with the company and achieve great heights of success.

Ability to interact with team members and stakeholders from different cultures within and outside India