Sr. Software Engineer - EAM

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Job Summary:

As a Sr. Software Engineer at OpenGov, you will develop top-tier SaaS solutions that enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in government agencies. As a crucial member of our engineering team, you'll lead and deliver new features and improvements in a fast-paced, agile environment, utilizing modern technologies such as ReactJS, Javascript, GraphQL, and NodeJS. We seek a driven individual who excels in a collaborative setting and can effectively work in a distributed team set-up. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for maintaining the highest standards.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to design, implement, and optimize complex applications for performance and scalability while tackling unique technical challenges. Success in this position will rely on your ability to work closely with product, UX, and platform engineers and your capacity to execute tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and technical guidance to ensure the development of resilient, scalable SaaS applications.
• Lead the single tenant to multi-tenant initiative for one of our key Suites.
• Prioritize and plan projects in alignment with the Product roadmap.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve complex technical issues.
• Mentor and guide junior software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption and quality
• Cultivate customer empathy to ensure that the solutions exceed customer expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and operational excellence.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for their adoption where appropriate.

Requirements and Preferred Experience:

• BA/BS in a computer science-related field or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years of experience in developing highly scalable cloud-native applications.
• Deep experience building applications on either Azure or AWS using the latest CI/CD and DevOps best practices
• Prior experience in building applications that leverage modern tools like Grafana for observability and performance monitoring
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, ReactJS, and NodeJS is a MUST.
• Proficiency with event-driven architecture, API integration, and GraphQL is a MUST