Founding Backend Engineer
About the Role
As a Founding Backend Engineer at GovWell, you will play a pivotal role in building a product that will be used at scale by cities, counties, and citizens across the United States. GovWell is the primary workspace and system of record for our users - government staff typically use it 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Additionally, thousands of citizens use GovWell to access government services. You’ll see the direct impact of your work and receive immediate feedback with each new feature.
Responsibilities
- Build Scalable Products: Develop a workflow management system that is powerful and easy to use, yet flexible enough to accommodate the unique processes of 80,000+ government agencies in the United States.
- Innovate Document Management: Enable a Figma-style document review experience that helps governments easily collaborate to review, mark up, and approve technical documents such as building and development plans.
- Enhance Payment Systems: Create a payments experience that makes it easy for citizens to pay billions in annual permit/license fees, property taxes, and utility bills online.
Technical Challenges
- Workflow Management: Building a system that is both powerful and flexible.
- Document Generation: Developing a system to automatically generate official documents for thousands of unique processes.
- Payment Processing: Creating a seamless online payment experience for government services.
Our Tech Stack
- Framework: RedwoodJS for fullstack development.
- Front-End: React and TypeScript.
- Back-End: TypeScript with NodeJS.
- Communication: GraphQL between front-end and back-end.
Who You Are
- Experienced: 4+ years of backend development experience.
- Product Mindset: You love to ask questions and are obsessed with deeply understanding customer journeys using the product.
- Impact-Driven: Motivated by having a positive impact in the world.
- Aligned with Core Values: Passionate about our mission and values.
Salary and Benefits
- Competitive Salary: Compensation within the posted salary band will be commensurate with experience.
- Equity/Stock Options: All offers include equity.
- Insurance: Up to 100% of premiums paid by GovWell for medical, dental, and vision insurance for yourself + partner.
- PTO: Unlimited / flexible paid time off.
GovWell is an Equal Opportunity Employer, meaning that we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other protected class. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Vision insurance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
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