About this opportunity
Govra lists this Senior Full-Stack Engineer opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
San Francisco, CA Full-time Competitive salary + meaningful equity
AI has changed the balance of power. Noncompliance and fraud are scaling faster than governments can respond, and nearly $2 trillion is lost in the U.S. each year. Governments must do more with less. Govra is building the intelligent execution layer for accountable government to meet this systemic shift. We turn complex laws and rules into executable workflows that help agencies make faster, more accurate, and more consistent decisions at scale. We started with tax, where better decisions mean more revenue, stronger public services, and greater trust.
About the role
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale Govra's intelligent operating system for governments. You will work closely with the founders, customers, and product design teams to ship vital real systems in a fast-moving, high-impact environment. This role is ideal for someone who can go deep technically, think from first principles about product and UX, and move quickly from customer workflows to production code.
What you'll do
Build core product systems: Research, design, architect, and implement features and improvements across our platform
Design and improve government workflows: Develop intelligent systems that help agencies automate complex processes and turn operational work into intuitive software
Move fast while maintaining quality: Ship production code quickly while balancing reliability, maintainability, observability, and long-term technical decisions
Evolve our engineering infrastructure: Improve AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, observability, deployment automation, and the systems that help us ship reliably
Improve our agentic coding workflows: Develop and refine Claude Code setup, AGENTS.md, custom skills, and internal tooling that increase developer productivity
Drive clear, accountable execution: Scope work, estimate effort, communicate tradeoffs and progress clearly, and consistently follow through on the systems you own
Experience & Requirements
Must have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ in a senior role
Strong full-stack engineer who can own features end-to-end, from architecture and data models through frontend and production deployment
Comfortable making pragmatic architecture decisions that balance speed, reliability, and long-term maintainability
Have early stage high growth experience and are comfortable scaling early products from MVP to production
Can design and build intuitive UXs independently, while partnering with design on complex flows
Use AI coding tools extensively to increase development speed and quality
Mission oriented / excited about making government work better
Thrive in fast-paced environments and can navigate ambiguity to deliver high-quality products
Have experience with functional programming, Elixir/Phoenix, or are excited to learn it quickly
What we offer
Meaningful equity in an early-stage company
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan
Direct collaboration with senior leaders across public and private sectors
Govra is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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