GovWell
government technology
FoundingSoftwareEngineer,Platform
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“Founding Software Engineer, Platform at GovWell. Skills: backend engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, reliability, distributed systems, CI/CD, observability, incident response, production operations, security, compliance. Own GovWell’s deployment and reliability platform. Build and evolve CI/CD foundations”
Industry & Context.
operational failure modes
on-call foundations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience as a backend, infrastructure, or platform engineer operating production SaaS systems at scale, systems engineer with deep understanding of reliability, distributed systems, and operational failure modes, Comfortable owning CI/CD, observability, incident response, and production operations end-to-end, Advanced user of modern AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, GPT-based workflows), coder (Node/TypeScript or similar); you build systems, not just configure tools, High-ownership, startup-oriented operator comfortable owning a broad platform surface area, Clear written and oral communicator who can document systems, write RFCs, and lead postmortems
What You'll Do.
Own GovWell’s deployment and reliability platform
Build and evolve CI/CD foundations
Establish and maintain observability systems
Lead incident response practices
Own platform-level security and compliance foundations
Improve infrastructure efficiency and cost performance
Build internal tooling
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaboration with engineering teams; partnership with engineering leadership
Communication Scope
Clear written and oral communicator; document systems; write RFCs; lead postmortems
Full Job Description
🏛️ ABOUT GOVWELL We the people — and the taxpayers — deserve good government. Yet today, interacting with government services is often frustrating and inefficient. GovWell is building the AI operating system transforming how governments serve communities, starting with local agencies. GovWell replaces legacy software for municipalities and counties, empowering public servants to radically streamline public services and cut internal processing time for permits and licenses by up to 95%. Founded in 2023, GovWell powers 5,000+ mission-critical processes for agencies in 35+ states serving millions of residents. The company has raised $35M in funding from Insight Partners, Work-Bench, and Bienville Capital, and the team works in person at GovWell HQ in New York City. Read more about our founding story in TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/govwell-is-bringing-automation-and-efficiency-to-local-governments/. ☀️ WHY GOVWELL? - A mission that matters: Building AI-powered products to fix outdated government systems isn’t just a technical challenge—it’s a historic opportunity to improve our foundational relationship with government and ensure trillions of tax dollars result in high quality services. WATCH: Mission & Vision with CEO & Co-Founder Troy LeCaire https://www.loom.com/share/3d733b22ca0d4fa6be241e0cdd36311a - Real-world impact: GovWell’s product is the system of record for government services that affect millions of Americans. From streamlining permitting for small businesses to accelerating affordable housing development, your work will make an immediate difference. - Join a startup in hyper-growth: We’ve found product-market fit and are scaling the business very quickly (4X ARR growth in the last year). As an early team member, you’ll learn what it takes to build a successful startup. You’ll work closely with the founders while enjoying exceptional autonomy and ownership over your work. 🌟 ROLE OVERVIEW GovWell is hiring a Founding Software Engineer, Plat
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