Software Engineer, Authorium
$120-150k
+ Equity
No-code AI-enablement platform for government operations
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No-code AI-enablement platform for government operations
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-150k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To deliver an end-to-end platform for government teams to consolidate siloed legacy applications and improve their compliance, productivity, and collaboration.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of professional full-stack experience. We value deep engineering fundamentals—system design, database optimization, and clean architecture—over fluency in any specific syntax
- Systems Thinker: A demonstrated ability to understand and contribute to complex domain objects and data models in production environments
- High-Agency: You don’t wait for a perfectly groomed ticket. You are comfortable partnering with product managers to turn ambiguous requirements into elegant technical specs
- Security Minded: You treat security as a core engineering discipline. You have a strong working knowledge of defensive coding practices and the authorization models required to protect sensitive data
- Quality Obsessed: A history of writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing. You take pride in your PR history and believe that "done" includes documentation and observability
Desirable
- Modern Frontend Experience: Familiarity with React and/or Next.js — we're actively evolving our frontend stack, and if React or Next.js is in your background, we want to hear about it
- Ruby on Rails Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Rails conventions and an interest in (or experience with) modular monoliths
- Complex Document Infrastructure: Experience with document generation (PDFs), rich text editors, or building systems to process unstructured data within secure workflows
- Regulated Industry Experience: Previous work in compliance-heavy environments such as GovTech, FinTech, or HealthTech (FedRAMP, SOC 2, or HIPAA)
- Infrastructure Curiosity: Experience with or a strong desire to learn AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, CloudWatch) and modern deployment pipelines
- Startup Veteran: Previous experience in a fast-growing startup ($5M–$30M ARR range) where you navigated rapid change and contributed to a scaling product
What the job involves
- This is a foundational role for an engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to accelerate their career by being "in the room" where our most complex architectural decisions are made
- You'll help tackle our most complex technical challenges, from modularizing our core domain to designing the next generation of our workflow engine
- As a key contributor to the technical integrity of our platform, you'll ship mission-critical features and work closely with a high-caliber team to power our next major phase of expansion
- Shipping Core Features: Deliver complex, high-impact features across our platform—from building robust versioning systems to designing intricate approval workflows and permission models
- Technical Evolution: Participate in architectural decisions that scale across multiple customer configurations. You’ll contribute to ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and help drive the modularization of our core domain
- Engineering Craft: Uphold a high bar for technical excellence. You’ll engage in deep, architectural code reviews and contribute to the advancement of our automated quality gates
- AI-Native Workflow: Leverage Cursor and Claude to offload boilerplate and focus on complex implementation. You’ll help refine our AI-first patterns—including agentic testing and automated reviews—ensuring the team operates at maximum leverage
Our take
Although there is a clear correlation between technological innovation and the effectiveness of businesses in serving their clients, the government as a whole has so far failed to adopt the same technologies to serve its citizens. Authorium, formerly City Innovate, is a company facilitating the faster procurement of government-essential technologies at the federal, state and local levels, to help these institutions better serve the communities they are responsible for.
Authorium's no-code platform supplies visibility across digitisation projects and streamlines the acquisition process from research to contracts and grants. By reducing the time taken to find and implement new technologies, governments using the company's platform can catch up with innovative trends and use technology to the advantage of their residents. With strong funds at its back, Authorium is moving ahead with advancing its platform and rolling out its new AuthorAI product, growing its team to make technology a force for social good.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
73% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2025
$8m
SERIES A
May 2023
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $29.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible paid time off: Work isn’t your whole life. Take time off when you need it. Care for an ill child or loved one. Explore a new city, or relax at the beach.
- Paid company health care: Enjoy 100% coverage of health insurance premiums across our medical, dental, and vision plan offerings (where allowed by law).
- Hybrid & remote flexibility: We are a hybrid company with offices in San Francisco and Washington, DC. Employees near a hub city enjoy the best of both worlds, with a blend of in-office collaboration and the flexibility to work from home on designated days. For those outside these areas, remote-first options provide the freedom to work from anywhere.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kamran Saddique
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Former Investment Director at Tasweek. Has previously worked as VP of Private Equity at Convergence Capital, and as VP of Sales and Revenue at Media Plus.
Jay Nath
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously CIO for the City and County of San Francisco. Was the VP of Product at SquareTrade.
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