Staff Platform Engineer, OpenGov
$183.1-227k
OTE
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
Open for applications
Cloud ERP software for the public sector
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$183.1-227k
OTE
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power more effective and accountable government.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a deep focus on cloud operations, security, and DevOps
- 4+ years of running Kubernetes at scale and in production on public clouds
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or Javascript)
- Proven track record in designing and managing AWS infrastructure for SaaS applications
- Extensive experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Strong knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, and Lambda, among others
- Expertise in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, CircleCI, or equivalent
- Advanced skills in monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana
- In-depth understanding of cloud security practices, including encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and network security
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying issues and delivering solutions
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across various teams
What the job involves
- As a Staff Platform Engineer at OpenGov, you'll build best-in-class multi-tenant SaaS solutions that enable efficiency, transparency, and accountability within government agencies
- You'll be a key member of our engineering team, writing software, delivering new cloud infrastructure, and automating CI/CD processes in a fast-paced, agile environment using modern technologies, including GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure/AWS, ArgoCD, ArgoWorkflows, and Grafana
- In this role, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate closely with engineering leadership and application engineers
- Your strong collaboration skills and ability to execute quickly will be key to your success
- A typical day would involve optimizing deployment processes, building, upgrading, and re-architecting infrastructure, fine-tuning resource utilization, and ensuring monitoring and alerting are configured for all aspects of the application
- At OpenGov, we value natural self-starters who can effectively communicate ideas and contribute to our respect, dedication, and fun culture
- If you have a passion for good deployment design and solid cloud architecture and love clean code, principles over dogma, and making the world a little better every day, you'll find a perfect alignment with our values
- Architect, deploy, and maintain a highly available and scalable multi-tenant SaaS environment in AWS
- Implement and manage infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Optimize AWS services for cost-efficiency, performance, and reliability
- Ensure high reliability and disaster recovery readiness across all AWS services
- Enforce security policies, procedures, and standards to protect sensitive data
- Implement best practices for securing AWS resources, including VPC configurations, IAM roles, security groups, and network ACLs
- Work with compliance teams to ensure adherence to regulations and industry standards such as SOC2 and StateRamp
- Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Argo Workflows or CircleCI
- Facilitate seamless integration and continuous deployment processes to ensure rapid and reliable delivery of new features and patches
- Set up and manage comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Develop and implement incident response protocols; lead incident investigations and post-mortems
- Provide mentorship and training to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and deliver high-quality solutions
Our take
As the world digitises, governments must innovate their operations to deliver the highest standard of service. OpenGov offers cloud software products to help governments manage performance, improve budgeting, and visualise operational intelligence, as well as providing comprehensive open data.
OpenGov is the leader in local government software. Its cloud-based products, which aided a number of public agencies through the pandemic, include citizen services, procurement, budgeting and planning capabilities - made comprehensive by a series of strategic acquisitions. The company's coherent and integrated software solution significantly reduces the stress on government systems, allowing them to work smarter and better for their citizens.
OpenGov serves over 1,600 governments across the US, and continues to secure new clients. It also has made several partnerships towards improving its range of services which will enable it to remain a powerful tool for governments wishing to digitally transform.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2022
$50m
LATE VC
Oct 2021
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $228m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Unlimited vacation
- Mission-driven colleagues
- World-class healthcare
- Professional development
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Zachary Bookman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding OpenGov, was a Principal for Formation 8 and a Special Advisor with ISAF in Afghanistan, focusing on rule of law and governance.
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