Senior Software Engineer
Kaizen Labs1 day ago
Washington, DC, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
Base Salary
$180k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own full-stack features from scoping and architecture through building, iteration, and shipment.
- Build AI-powered product surfaces including intelligent intake flows, constituent assistants, automated case routing, and agency operator dashboards.
- Engage directly with federal agency stakeholders and translate real-world requirements into shippable products.
- Own platform reliability and performance at government scale.
- Set technical direction and establish code-quality patterns for the engineering team.
- Mentor earlier-career engineers through code review, pairing, and direct technical feedback.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional engineering experience owning complex features and systems.
- Deep fluency in React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, and Postgres.
- Established experience using Cursor, Copilot, and Claude as part of software development work.
- A demonstrated product, open-source project, or other substantial software project.
- Ability to operate effectively with ambiguity and make independent decisions.
- Strong care for user experience.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with federal, state, or local government technology or regulated, high-stakes environments.
- Preferred qualifications include hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry or AIP, including ontology modeling, pipelines, or AIP agents.
- Preferred qualifications include cloud deployment experience with AWS, Vercel, GitHub Actions, or ECS/Fargate.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with design systems, component libraries, and technical leadership in an early-stage environment.
Benefits
- Hybrid work based in New York City or DC, with office attendance required at least four days per week from Monday through Thursday.
- Fully covered employee and dependent medical, dental, and vision insurance, including Oxford/United Gold and Platinum PPO plans, Guardian PPO, and Beam vision.
- Fully paid life insurance, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and One Medical membership.
- Fertility and family-building support through Carrot.
- 401(k) through Guideline with a 2% company match.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum, federal holidays, a company-wide winter break, and company offsites.
- Home office or desk setup stipend, commuter benefit, expensed office lunches, and expensed dinner and Uber rides for work after 7pm.
- Company-provided laptop of the employee's choice.
- Gym membership for NYC employees or a $100 monthly fitness reimbursement for non-NYC employees.
- Monthly utility stipend, home cleaning stipend, professional development stipend, recreation stipend, and pet care stipend.