Staff Software Engineer

OpenGov is the leader in AI and ERP solutions for local and state governments in the U.S. More than 2,000 cities, counties, state agencies, school districts, and special districts rely on the OpenGov Public Service Platform to operate efficiently, adapt to change, and strengthen the public trust. Category-leading products include enterprise asset management, procurement and contract management, accounting and budgeting, billing and revenue management, permitting and licensing, and transparency and open data. These solutions come together in the OpenGov ERP, allowing public sector organizations to focus on priorities and deliver maximum ROI with every dollar and decision in sync. Learn about OpenGov’s mission to power more effective and accountable government and the vision of high-performance government for every community at .

Job Summary

You’ll deliver new product capabilities across our platform, working across the full stack — from database models to UI components — and owning features end-to-end. AI is central to how you’ll work: you’ll use AI-assisted development tools daily to accelerate your output, build AI-powered product experiences for our customers, and help establish the practices that make our team effective in this new operating model.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve APIs, microservices, and frontend experiences that power government agencies at scale

• Own features end-to-end: collaborate with Product and Design to define the problem, build the solution, ship it, and monitor it in production

• Build AI-powered product features — from intelligent data analysis and agent-driven workflows to AI-assisted user experiences that transform how government teams work

• Use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) as a core part of your workflow to accelerate coding, debugging, and documentation

• Produce clean, well-documented code and conduct thorough reviews of both human-written and AI-generated code, with a sharp eye for the subtle failure modes each produces

• Collaborate across the organization to translate business priorities into shipped features that drive customer success

Requirements and Preferred Experience

• Have 12+ years of professional experience building scalable software in an agile environment

• Have strong experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (React or similar) and backend development

• Are comfortable working across the stack — frontend, backend, data layer — and shipping features end-to-end

• Have built heavily utilized enterprise SaaS software

• Actively use AI-assisted development tools and have a feel for when they accelerate you vs. when they lead you astray