Software Engineer

Authorium

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity

100% benefits coverage for employees

401(k) plan

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Comprehensive wellness benefits

Commuter stipend for hybrid roles

Job summary

A growing GovTech company in San Francisco is seeking a full-stack engineer to join their team. This role focuses on delivering complex features, participating in architectural decisions and collaborating with a high-caliber team in a vibrant office environment. Candidates should have over 3 years of experience, a strong grasp of system design and security practices, and a passion for clean coding. The position offers a competitive salary package, equity, and comprehensive benefits including flexible PTO and wellness programs.

Qualifications

3+ years of professional full-stack experience.
Ability to understand and contribute to complex domain objects.
Comfortable with ambiguous requirements to produce technical specifications.
Strong knowledge of security and authorization models.
History of writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing.

Responsibilities

Deliver complex, high-impact features across the platform.
Participate in architectural decisions to scale customer configurations.
Work collaboratively in person to solve production bottlenecks.
Maintain high technical excellence through code reviews.
Utilize AI tools for complex implementations.

Skills

Full-stack development

System design

Database optimization

Defensive coding practices

Collaboration with product managers

Tools

Ruby on Rails

AWS

Job description

About Authorium

Authorium is building the operating system for the infrastructure of democracy. We are a GovTech SaaS platform that unifies the massive, complex workflows—procurement, grants, and budgeting—that keep state and local governments running.

Our platform replaces fragmented spreadsheets and decades-old legacy systems with a unified data layer that manages billions of dollars in public funds. We serve the agencies that support millions of citizens, including California’s CDSS, CalPERS, and EDD, as well as major state agencies in Florida and Washington.

The Business: We are a 43-person company growing 45% YoY, with a clear path to profitability by Q4 2026. We have deep product market fit and are scaling to meet the demands of the world's most complex government agencies.

Why This Role Exists

We are establishing our San Francisco office as a strategic center for high-bandwidth engineering and product innovation. This is a foundational role for an engineer who thrives in an in-person, collaborative environment and wants to accelerate their career by being "in the room" where our most complex architectural decisions are made.

While Authorium is a distributed company, our SF office is where we tackle our most intricate "war room" challenges—from modularizing our core domain to whiteboarding the next generation of our workflow engine. You will be a key contributor to the technical integrity of our platform, shipping mission‑critical features and collaborating daily with a high‑caliber team to power our next major phase of expansion.

What You Will Be Doing

Shipping Core Features: Deliver complex, high‑impact features across our platform—from building robust versioning systems to designing intricate approval workflows and permission models.
Technical Evolution: Participate in architectural decisions that scale across multiple customer configurations. You’ll contribute to ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and help drive the modularization of our core domain.
High‑Bandwidth Collaboration: Work in‑person (Monday–Thursday) in our SF office to whiteboard solutions, debug production bottlenecks, and move from idea to deployment at high velocity.
Engineering Craft: Uphold a high bar for technical excellence. You’ll engage in deep, architectural code reviews and contribute to the advancement of our automated quality gates.
AI‑Native Workflow: Leverage Cursor and Claude to offload boilerplate and focus on complex implementation. You’ll help refine our AI‑first patterns—including agentic testing and automated reviews—ensuring the team operates at maximum leverage.

Must Have

3+ years of professional full‑stack experience. We value deep engineering fundamentals—system design, database optimization, and clean architecture—over fluency in any specific syntax.
Systems Thinker: A demonstrated ability to understand and contribute to complex domain objects and data models in production environments.
High‑Agency: You don’t wait for a perfectly groomed ticket. You are comfortable partnering with product managers to turn ambiguous requirements into elegant technical specs.
Security Minded: You treat security as a core engineering discipline. You have a strong working knowledge of defensive coding practices and the authorization models required to protect sensitive data.
Quality Obsessed: A history of writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing. You take pride in your PR history and believe that "done" includes documentation and observability.
San Francisco Based: Energized by an in‑office (Monday–Thursday) collaborative culture.

Nice to Have

Ruby on Rails Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Rails conventions and an interest in (or experience with) modular monoliths.
Complex Document Infrastructure: Experience with document generation (PDFs), rich text editors, or building systems to process unstructured data within secure workflows.
Regulated Industry Experience: Previous work in compliance‑heavy environments such as GovTech, FinTech, or HealthTech (FedRAMP, SOC 2, or HIPAA).
Infrastructure Curiosity: Experience with or a strong desire to learn AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, CloudWatch) and modern deployment pipelines.
Startup Veteran: Previous experience in a fast‑growing startup ($5M–$30M ARR range) where you navigated rapid change and contributed to a scaling product.