Staff Software Engineer
Founding Staff Software Engineer on OpenGov's new Boston-based Community Intelligence team, building the pipeline and integration layer that turns LiDAR/imagery sensor detections into asset records, condition assessments, and automated workflows across the company's government ERP products. Core technologies include computer vision, LiDAR, geospatial data (PostGIS), and API/connector design.
- Compensation
- $205K–$227K / yr
- Location
- US | Massachusetts | Boston
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of owning complex, cross-system integrations end-to-end in a production SaaS environment
- Strong data-modeling and API/connector design skills
- Comfortable operating with incomplete information and ambiguous vendor integration paths; makes and defends build-vs-integrate calls
- Experience partnering across multiple product teams and translating a strategic technical vision into a scoped, sequenced delivery plan
- Proficient in AI-native engineering workflows: directing AI tooling for scaffolding, test generation, and code review while retaining ownership of architecture and correctness
- Excellent written communication; can produce technical design docs that align stakeholders across five product teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to have
- Experience building or integrating computer-vision, LiDAR, or geospatial data-processing pipelines; comfort with point-cloud or 3D spatial data is a strong plus
- Experience with geospatial systems (PostGIS, spatial indexing, coordinate reference systems)
- Track record of shipping systems where data accuracy carries real compliance or safety consequences (regulatory, infrastructure, or public-sector systems)
Full description
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 .
About the Role
Community Intelligence is a new engineering team at OpenGov, based in our Boston office, chartered with bringing next-generation physical-world sensing and AI-based detection into our Community Operations suite. Rather than treating sensing as an external add-on, this team builds the pipeline and integration layer that make it a native, foundational capability across our products.
As a founding Staff Software Engineer on this team, you will design and build the systems that turn raw sensor data into structured records, condition assessments, and automated workflows across multiple products. You will make real technical calls with incomplete information, evaluating emerging sensing technologies, reconciling third-party data against our own systems, and sequencing a rollout across a multi-product suite. You will also set patterns the rest of the team builds on. AI-native tooling is expected to be embedded in your workflow.
What You'll Own
- Design and build the sensing-platform connector/adapter layer that maps LiDAR- and imagery-derived asset detections into OpenGov Products
- Architect the automated detection-to-case pipeline that turns a sensing detection into a properly routed record in the right product's workflow engine, complete with photo evidence, GPS coordinates, and a severity score.
- Evaluate, integrate, or build the computer-vision and LiDAR-fusion models this requires, including the technical path for consolidating with or extending EAM's existing Vision AI microservice (rd-capture).
- Design the data model and storage layer for a continuously updated spatial data that all five Community Operations products read from and contribute to.
- Own the technical design for a tiered sensing-ingestion model (satellite, fleet-vehicle camera, full LiDAR survey) supporting different refresh cadences, accuracy levels, and price points.
- Partner with engineering and product leads across OpenGov products to sequence the sensing layer's roadmap against each product's asset taxonomy and compliance requirements.