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GovWell

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

GovWell
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24 days ago

Base Salary

$160k - $260k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Unblock complex enterprise deployments by diagnosing and resolving technical and workflow blockers.
  • Partner with Sales and Deployment Strategy on late-stage deals, providing technical feasibility judgment.
  • Translate bespoke customer requirements into scalable abstractions and propose productizable solutions.
  • Build targeted code or configuration when necessary, avoiding long-term product fragmentation.
  • Travel to municipalities to understand constraints and accelerate execution.
  • Escalate durable product opportunities back to core teams and help shape roadmap decisions.
  • Ensure enterprise work aligns with long-term platform strategy.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as a full-stack or forward deployed engineer in a production SaaS environment.
  • Strong product judgment with a track record of deciding when to build, abstract, configure, or push back.
  • Experience with customer-facing deployments, integrations, or migration-heavy environments.
  • Effective communicator with executive-facing credibility.
  • Comfortable operating under ambiguity and owning high-impact, revenue-sensitive problems.
  • Strong coding ability in TypeScript/Node or similar.
  • Startup-oriented operator who moves quickly without over-engineering.
  • Ability to recognize recurring enterprise patterns and convert them into reusable systems.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary.
  • Equity / stock options.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) program.
  • Flexible PTO.

Tech Stack

AWSGraphQLNode.jsPostgreSQLReactRedwoodJSTypeScript