Frontline Software Engineer for State Partnerships (Remote)

Recidiviz; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

PTO and holidays

Parental leave

401(k) with match

One Medical membership

Fertility benefits

ClassPass/wellness

Job summary

Recidiviz is hiring Forward-Deployed Software Engineers to bridge our core engineering team with state partners, scoping and deploying our data platform into government environments across the United States. You will collaborate with state Departments of Corrections and IT staff to understand goals, define technical solutions, and deploy in complex data systems while building long-term partnerships.

This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, comfort solving problems in ambiguous

Qualifications

• 3+ years building, deploying software in a collaborative environment.
• Experience scoping technical projects, translating policy needs into technical solutions.
• Experience in customer-facing roles, communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and relational databases for large datasets.
• Experience coding in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Willingness to travel to partner states.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Scope for impact: translate state objectives into technical approaches and deployment roadmaps.
• Untangle messy data and legacy systems, write scripts and craft technical solutions for deployments.
• Level up the product: translate on-ground challenges into actionable insights for engineering and product teams.
• Build trust: engage with stakeholders from DBAs to agency executives with empathy and clarity.
• Travel occasionally: join state partners on-site to scope projects and unblock hurdles.

Skills

SQL

Relational databases

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Data wrangling

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

React

GCP

AWS

Azure

ETL tools

Job description

Recidiviz is hiring Forward-Deployed Software Engineers to bridge our core engineering team with state partners, scoping and deploying our data platform into government environments across the United States. You will collaborate with state Departments of Corrections and IT staff to understand goals, define technical solutions, and deploy in complex data systems while building long-term partnerships.

This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, comfort solving problems in ambiguous