Senior Software Engineer

• GovWell is hiring Senior Software Engineers to help build the platform doing that work today, at real scale: 5,000+ permitting and licensing processes running live across 35+ states, with customers reporting processing time cuts of up to 90%
• Building departments that used to spend 70% of their time on data entry are spending that time on the work that actually needs a human — reviewing complex plans, meeting with residents, advising developers
• You’ll work across the stack, building the kind of deeply configurable system that lets one platform serve thousands of municipalities with different rules, without collapsing into unmaintainable one-off logic for each one
• This role reports directly to our CTO and Co-Founder, Ben Cohen
• Build, test, and ship full-stack features across GovWell’s platform — from intuitive resident-facing interfaces to scalable backend services that power government workflows
• Build the configuration layer that lets one system flex correctly across thousands of different municipal setups, instead of hardcoding logic per customer
• Take ownership of product areas end-to-end — reliable, maintainable, and performant in actual government environments
• Use customer feedback and production data to decide what to fix next, working directly with the municipal staff and residents who depend on it
• Contribute to technical design discussions and code review that shape how the whole engineering team builds, not just your own features
• 🖥️ Our tech stack
• React
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• GraphQL
• PostgreSQL
• RedwoodJS
• AWS
• OpenAI API

Benefits

• Equity ownership
• 401(k) savings plan
• Unlimited time off
• Hybrid work environment
• Team events and gatherings sponsored by us
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with up to 100% of premiums covered for you and your partner
• A fully stocked kitchen, and drinks on hand

• You’re excited to work with the latest AI models, both in the product and in your own development workflow
• Strong product instincts: you ask questions until you actually understand the customer’s problem, not just the ticket description
• 3-5+ 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’ve owned a large product area end-to-end and can point to something specific you shipped and stayed accountable for
• You align closely with our Core Values
• You want a role with real technical variance — one week you might be in GIS edge cases, the next in fee-schedule logic, and you find that more interesting than narrower, more repetitive work