3 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design the financial architecture and system of record for municipal collections, refunds, deposits, and held funds.
- Build an auditable, mathematically consistent ledger trusted by finance teams.
- Develop precise fee-calculation capabilities and first-class support for partial payments, deposits, and refunds.
- Own migration from the current payments system to the new architecture while supporting real customers and real money.
- Partner with finance teams, municipal staff, and engineers building workflows supported by the ledger.
- Establish technical standards and core architecture for the payments domain.
Requirements
- Experience designing financial or transactional systems such as payments, billing, or ledgers where correctness is critical.
- Strong architectural opinions and the ability to define abstractions in an ambiguous domain.
- Experience with idempotency, webhooks, and payment processor integrations such as Stripe, Finix, or similar is preferred.
- Experience owning a large product area end-to-end and remaining accountable for shipped outcomes.
- Strong product instincts and ability to understand customer problems beyond ticket descriptions.
- Interest in using current AI models in the product and development workflow.
- Alignment with GovWell’s stated core values.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, equity or stock options, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program, and flexible PTO.
- Hybrid work arrangement with at least 3 days per week collaborating in person at the New York City office and flexibility to work remotely.
Tech Stack
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About GovWell
GovWell builds an AI-powered software platform that replaces legacy systems for municipalities and counties, serving as the system of record for permits, licensing, and other public-service workflows. The company sells its SaaS to local government agencies to streamline processing and citizen interactions across many states. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in New York City, GovWell is venture-backed and has raised a Series A.