Software Engineer – Product

Kaizen Labs

. Full-stack features from zero to shipped - scoping, architecture, build, iteration .

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaScriptNext.jsNode.jsOpen SourcePostgresReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Full-stack features from zero to shipped - scoping, architecture, build, iteration
AI-powered product surfaces: intelligent intake flows, real-time constituent assistants, automated case routing, agency operator dashboards
Direct engagement with federal agency stakeholders - translating messy real-world requirements into clean, shippable product
Platform reliability and performance at government scale - real users, real SLAs, no hiding
Code quality that the next engineer will respect: clean, tested, maintainable

Requirements

What you’ll need

2–4 years of professional engineering experience - or work that makes the years irrelevant
Deep fluency in React / Next.js and Node.js / TypeScript / Postgres - not just comfortable, but *fast*
AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude) are already baked into how you work - you're not planning to explore them someday, you've shipped with them
Something real you've built - a product, an open source project, a thing you couldn't stop working on
You operate well with ambiguity. You don't wait to be handed the answer.
You actually care whether the person on the other end of the screen has a good experience.
You've touched federal, state, or local government tech - or you understand the constraints of building for regulated, high-stakes environments (strong signals)
Cloud deployment experience (AWS, Vercel, GitHub Actions, ECS/Fargate)
Exposure to design systems and component libraries - you know the difference between a component that's *functional* and one that's *right*
You've worked in an early-stage environment where figuring it out *was* the job

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical through Oxford/United, including Gold and Platinum PPO plans, with 85% of premiums covered on the Platinum plan and a $0 employee premium option
Dental through Guardian PPO and vision through Beam, with 99% of employee premiums covered and 50% for dependents
$100,000 in fully paid life insurance. FSA and Dependent Care FSA. 401(k) access through Guideline
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents. 10 weeks fully paid for non-birthing parents
Unlimited PTO and closed for all federal holidays
Company-wide winter break the week of Christmas
One-time home office or desk setup stipend up to $750
$50/month commuter benefit
$100/month for wellness or productivity; your call on how you use it
$500/year for professional development
$250/year for recreation
Company-provided laptop
Expensed lunch while in the office

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactNext.jsNode.jsTypeScriptPostgresAI coding toolsCloud deploymentDesign systemsComponent librariesCode quality

Soft Skills

engagement with stakeholdersoperating with ambiguityuser experience focusproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationiterationattention to detailcommunicationinitiative