Full-Stack Software Engineer

GovWell

New York (NY)

On-site

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity / stock options

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) program

Flexible PTO

Job summary

A civic tech startup is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to enhance its AI-powered platform improving government services. The ideal candidate has over 3 years in full-stack development and will work closely with the tech team. This position offers a hybrid work culture with both in-office collaboration in NYC and flexible remote work options. The company focuses on impactful government solutions, promising a real-world difference.

Qualifications

3+ years of full-stack development experience.
Experience in high-growth startup environments preferred.
Strong product mindset with a customer-centric approach.

Responsibilities

Build, test, and ship full-stack features.
Collaborate with design and engineering teams to meet customer needs.
Take ownership of product areas ensuring reliability and performance.

Skills

Full-stack development

AI integration

Problem-solving

Tools

React

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Job description

About GovWell

We the people (and the taxpayers) deserve good government — but today, interacting with government services is often frustrating and inefficient. GovWell is building the AI-powered platform that transforms how governments serve communities, starting with local agencies.

Our first product helps municipal and county governments modernize by automating complex processes like permitting and licensing, while streamlining services for residents. It combines a highly configurable SaaS system of record with generative AI that automates workflows, guides residents through government systems, and is radically simple to implement and maintain.

Founded in 2023, GovWell already powers critical workflows for agencies in 27 states, serving millions of residents. We’ve raised $9.5M in seed funding from Work-Bench and Bienville Capital. Read more about our founding story in TechCrunch.

Role overview

GovWell is hiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer to help build our core platform that powers faster, more efficient government services. You’ll work across the stack — from frontend to backend — to design, build, and ship features that directly improve how governments operate and how residents access services. This role reports directly to our CTO and Co-Founder, Ben Cohen, and offers the opportunity to take ownership of critical product areas in a fast-growing company.

We have a hybrid work culture that combines regular in-person collaboration at our New York City office (3+ days per week) with flexibility to work remotely.

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
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 (6X 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.

What you’ll do

Build, test, and ship full-stack features across GovWell’s platform — from intuitive resident-facing interfaces to scalable backend services that power government workflows.
Collaborate closely with the Founding Designer and engineering teammates to translate customer needs into usable, high-impact product functionality.
Take ownership of product areas end-to-end, ensuring features are reliable, maintainable, and performant in real-world government environments.
Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and best practices that strengthen the team’s engineering culture and velocity.
Use customer feedback and product data to iterate quickly, improving both resident experiences and government efficiency.

Who you are

3+ years of full-stack development experience building applications for enterprises and/or consumers. Strong preference for candidates who have worked in high-growth startup environments.
You are excited about building applications with the latest AI models and leveraging AI to enhance your personal developer workflows.
You have experience owning large product areas + features end-to-end.
You have a strong product mindset: you love to ask questions and deeply understand customer problems.
You’d rather have a challenging adventure than “rest and vest.”
You align closely with our Core Values.

Meet the team

We currently have an engineering team of 5.

Ben Cohen, Co-Founder and CTO.
- Ex-Uber, Amazon, and UiPath.
- BA summa cum laude Computer Science, Princeton University.
Richard Le, Full-stack engineering.
- Ex-Microsoft, 6 years experience on Business Applications AI team.
- BA summa cum laude Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill.
Eric Gratta, Front-end focus.
- Early engineer at Silo (Series B), previously at Epic Systems
- BA & MS summa cum laude in Computer Science & Music, Univ. of Pittsburgh.
Nick Vollmar, DevOps and infrastructure.
- 10 years experience, Ex-Cloudflare and Esper (Series A GovTech)
- BA Math & Computer Science, Rice University.
Amy Wang, Data engineering and data migrations.
- Previously Data Platform Engineer at Replica (Series B).
- BS Univ. of Washington, MEng Cornell Tech.