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Open Government Products is a team of software engineers, product managers, and designers who build technology for the public good. We proactively identify problem statements where technology solution can best address public needs, test prototypes with actual users, and build products with progressive development processes.
Industry
Software Engineering
Company's IT Job Opportunities, Work Culture and Environment
Open Government Products is looking for software engineers who:
- Have a demonstrated ability to build software - Prior work and personal projects count for much more than specific degrees.
- Write code to solve abstract programming problems - Clear thinking, the ability to debug, and understanding the limits of an approach matter much more than getting the "correct" answer.
- Talk and reason about code with other engineers - We work as a team so you need to be able to not just solve problems, but have other people understand your solutions.
- Take initiative to make things happen - Our job is to push for change in government, so we need to challenge the status quo and not wait for instruction.
- Want to work for the public good - We are public servants, we serve the public. This sometimes means ignoring political pressures and misguided policies. We need people who will push back if something is not in the public interest.
We work mostly in Javascript with some Python on the backend. However, we don't require experience in any specific programming language or technology. Core competency in at least one language and the ability to learn is what matters to us.
You're not just here to write code, but also to figure out what we should be building and how we should build it. Your job will be to bring expertise and capability to the public sector. Sometimes this means coding new systems from scratch. Other times this means using the best solutions the development community has to offer. We use cloud services, open source software, and commodity hardware as far as possible. These often include, but are not limited to: GitHub, AWS, React Native, MongoDB, and Stripe amongst others. Knowing what to build and what to reuse lets us avoid wasting time on solved problems and focus on delivering actual value.
You will work on meaningful projects that solve problems pertinent to our society, from transportation, to education, to healthcare. The public sector is full of opportunities where even the simplest software can have a big impact on people's lives. You will have direct ownership of your work with over 70% of our projects starting as ground up initiatives. Rather than work on commercial ventures commonly found in the startup scene, we're here to improve how we live as a society through what we can offer as a government.
Job Roles Available
Software Engineer, System Engineer
Number of positions available
11-20