Staff Solutions Engineer

October 10

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Code for America

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software • policy • civics • tech

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2009

🤲 Charity

🏛️ Government

🌍 Social Impact

Description

• Code for America believes government can work for the people, by the people, in the digital age. • For more than a decade, we’ve worked to show that with the mindful use of technology, we can break down barriers, meet community needs, and find real solutions. • Our employees build and transform government and community tools and services, making them so good they inspire change. • With a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and deep empathy for partners in government and community organizations and the people that our partners serve, we’re building a movement of motivated change agents driven by meaningful results and lasting impact. • In this role, you will collaborate with government partners and deliver technical guidance to transform the way government delivers services to communities in need. • You will work with a team of designers, researchers, engineers, product managers, and policy experts across our program portfolios. • Your work will involve identifying and designing technical solutions to improve access to programs.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or Solutions Architect with experience leading projects and interacting with customers. • Recent database, data engineering, or data-science experience. • 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. • Experience working with or in government. • Personal experience with or professional experience working within the justice system, social safety net or other mission-relevant government services. • Experience working with machine learning or natural language processing technologies • Experience with government procurement processes • Active contribution to open source projects.

Benefits

• Leadership and teammates who value Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (DE&I) • A collaborative, cross-functional, hardworking, and fun environment • Full benefits package with options up to 100% coverage towards select medical, dental and vision plans • Employer contributes up to 80% of the cost towards dependent and family coverage • Employees under 3 years eligible for a 100% employer match of up to 3% of employee contribution • Employees with 3+ years eligible for an additional 50% employer contribution over 3%, to a maximum of 5% • $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 • Open personal time off, a minimum of 16 paid holidays, and an org-wide closure Christmas Day through New Years 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 • Code for America employees may work remotely across the US • Code for America employees main residence must be within the US • Full-time employees work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday • Collaborative working hours: we aim to hold all internal meetings between 10 AM - 3 PM PT. We expect all Code for America staff to be available during these set working hours • 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