Founding Platform Engineer — Scale Secure SaaS

GovWell; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity / stock options

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) program

Flexible PTO

Job summary

A government services tech company in New York City is hiring a Founding Software Engineer to build and operate the core backend systems. This hands-on role includes writing production code, improving deployment processes, and managing security compliance. With a focus on reliability and observability, the engineer will significantly impact how software is built and operated. This is an exciting opportunity in a startup experiencing rapid growth and aims to enhance public service through innovative technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Strong understanding of reliability and operational failure modes.
• Experience in CI/CD, observability, and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Own governance of deployment and reliability platform.
• Build CI/CD foundations to enhance deployment speed.
• Establish observability systems and metrics.

Skills

Backend engineering

Infrastructure management

CI/CD practices

Distributed systems

Communication

Node/TypeScript coding

AI tools usage

Operational reliability

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Datadog

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

Job description

A government services tech company in New York City is hiring a Founding Software Engineer to build and operate the core backend systems. This hands-on role includes writing production code, improving deployment processes, and managing security compliance. With a focus on reliability and observability, the engineer will significantly impact how software is built and operated. This is an exciting opportunity in a startup experiencing rapid growth and aims to enhance public service through innovative technology.