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ClearGov · 3 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer (Eastern/Central US Time Zones)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

ClearGov is a rapidly growing, venture-funded SaaS company focused on helping local governments improve their planning, budgeting, and reporting processes. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to building and enhancing their platform, covering all aspects of software development, including design, coding, and performance analysis.

Data VisualizationGovTechSaaSSoftware

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Design, architect and code new features and enhance ClearGov’s platform based on detailed product requirements specifications using

Design, develop and unit test applications in accordance with established standards

Collaborate with other software developers, product owners and software architects to plan design, develop, test, and maintain ClearGov applications

Play an active role in contributing to the continuous improvement of the ClearCov development process

Conduct peer-reviews of solution designs and related code

Participate in daily standup calls with the development team and project managers

Actively participate in Scrum meetings and product sprints

Qualification

Modern AngularReactive ProgrammingNode.jsMicroservices ArchitectureAdvanced TypeScriptUI Component IntegrationDatabase ManagementCI/CD AutomationPerformance OptimizationProject OwnershipMentorshipProblem-SolvingCollaboration

Required

5+ years of software development experience building complex, multi-faceted SaaS products

Deep Knowledge of Modern Angular: Expertise in recent versions of Angular (v17+), including standalone components, the new signals-based reactivity model, dependency injection, and advanced routing concepts

Reactive Programming: Mastery of RxJS for managing asynchronous operations and application state

Deep understanding of advanced TypeScript including generics, decorators, mapped types, and a strong understanding of the type system to build scalable and maintainable code

UI Component Integration: Experience with integrating and customizing sophisticated UI libraries like Highcharts for charting, GrapeCity SpreadJS for spreadsheet-like functionality, and CKEditor for rich text editing

Proven experience building, testing, and maintaining robust backend services and APIs using Node.js

Strong Architectural Design Skills

Microservices & Serverless (AWS Lambda): Experience designing, developing, and deploying applications using a microservices architecture. Familiarity with serverless patterns is crucial

Monorepo Management: Proficiency with monorepo structures and tooling (e.g., Lerna, Nx, or npm/yarn workspaces) to manage shared packages and maintain code consistency

System Design: The ability to design scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems, understanding the trade-offs between different architectural patterns

Database and Data Management (Amazon RDS/Aurora)

Advanced SQL: Strong proficiency in SQL, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, and functions

Data Modeling: Experience designing and evolving database schemas for complex business domains

Data Access Patterns: Understanding of data access layers, such as the Repository pattern to abstract and manage database interactions effectively

DevOps and CI/CD

Containerization (Amazon ECS/EKS and ECR): Proficiency with Docker and docker-compose for creating consistent development and production environments

CI/CD Automation: Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions for automated testing and deployment

Code Quality and Best Practices

Testing: A strong commitment to quality with experience in writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests

Clean Code: The ability to write readable, maintainable, and well-documented code. The refactoring I performed earlier is a great example of the kind of proactive improvement a senior engineer should drive

Performance Optimization: The skill to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, whether in the application logic (like optimizing loops) or in database queries

AI-Augmented Development: Proficiency in leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) to improve productivity, code quality, and problem-solving efficiency. Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code, integrate it responsibly into production systems, and use AI as a catalyst for innovation while maintaining high standards of security, performance, and maintainability

Professional and Soft Skills

Mentorship and Leadership: A senior engineer should be able to mentor junior and mid-level engineers, conduct effective code reviews, and guide the team in adopting best practices

Problem-Solving: The ability to tackle complex, ambiguous problems, break them down into manageable parts, and drive them to resolution

Collaboration and Communication: Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality features

Project Ownership: Taking full ownership of projects from conception to deployment and beyond, including monitoring, maintenance, and addressing production issues