Code for America

Staff Solutions Engineer

Code for America

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $128,945 - $157,850 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

JavaPythonRuby

About the role

  • Build and maintain relationships and develop technical champions within government and partner organizations.
  • Assist in project planning and drafting statements of work and technical requirements
  • Work closely with cross-functional government partners to clarify problems and understand system constraints, and offer feasible and high-value technical solutions that consider the needs of all stakeholders.
  • Assist in documenting and communicating technical best practices and in the framing of government RFPs.
  • Collaborate with government partners and provide written resources to communicate complex technical concepts.
  • Provide technical perspectives and expertise in service of improved government services for government agencies, organizational stakeholders, and other key audiences.
  • Estimate project scope and rough project plans for government initiatives.
  • Evaluate the technical landscape and partner capacity for prospective new state engagements, drafting assessments and recommendations.
  • Implement proof-of-concept applications, software installations, and custom development projects.
  • Leading light technical implementations and low / no-code software solutions.
  • Develop and implement training plans and documents to empower government agencies to improve and modernize the delivery of government services.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or Solutions Architect with experience leading projects and interacting with customers.
  • Recent back-end development, database, data-science and/or devops experience.
  • 4+ years of experience coding backend systems and data infrastructure in an industry-standard language (Python, Java, C#, Ruby, etc)
  • Recent experience integrating emerging technologies (e.g., generative AI models) into existing workflows or new solutions.
  • Strong self-management skills and a proven ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously
  • Fundamentally curious and empathetic; able to thoughtfully balance partner, user, and team needs and identify solutions that move the work forward towards greater impact.
  • Tenacity and adaptability; able to navigate relationships, ambiguity, and technical challenges and unblock yourself and your team.
  • Ability to engage in research to learn about current systems and architecture, and then incorporate this knowledge to design new solutions and new architectures.
Benefits
  • Leadership and teammates who share a strong work ethic and values, and who respect and care for one another
  • A collaborative, cross-functional, hardworking, and joyful environment
  • Laptop provided
  • $700 remote environment setup; $200 stipend and up to $500 reimbursement, in accordance with our equipment policy
  • Cell phone and/or internet reimbursement of $50 per month
  • $1000 annual (per calendar year) stipend towards professional development; prorated at time of hire
  • Up to $1000 of professional development funds can be rolled over each year, up to a maximum of $2000
  • Employees under 3 years are eligible for a 100% employer match of up to 3% of employee contribution
  • Employees with 3+ years are eligible for an additional 50% employer contribution over 3%, to a maximum of 5%
  • Full benefits package with options up to 100% coverage toward select medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Employer contributes up to 80% of the cost towards dependent and family coverage
  • Code for America employees may work remotely across the US
  • Open personal time off, a minimum of 16 paid holidays, and an org-wide closure from Christmas Day through New Year's Day
  • Paid sick time; up to 96 hours annually
  • Competitive paid parental and family leave
  • 4 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years of service, with an option of up to 4 additional weeks of unpaid time away

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
back-end developmentdatabasedata scienceDevOpsPythonJavaC#Rubyproof-of-concept applicationslow-code software solutions
Soft skills
self-managementempathytenacityadaptabilitycuriosityproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationstakeholder engagementproject management