Software Engineer (Product)

About the role

We're hiring a Software Engineer (Product) to help build GovDash's core product experiences. This role is for engineers who enjoy working across the stack, owning product features end-to-end, and shipping high-quality software that customers rely on every day.

This role has a $160,000 base salary plus equity and is based in New York City.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and ship full-stack product features using TypeScript across frontend and backend systems.
• Own projects end-to-end, from technical design through deployment, with a relentless focus on customer experience.
• Create intuitive interfaces and APIs that help users understand, guide, and trust AI-powered workflows.
• Create systems that surface reasoning, highlight errors, emphasize citations, and track progress across complex documents.
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability as the platform grows.
• Continuously incorporate user feedback to refine features and deliver better customer outcomes.

What We're Looking For

• Strong full-stack development experience with TypeScript / Node.js.
• Comfort working across frontend and backend systems (React-based UIs and service APIs).
• Strong CS fundamentals, sound architectural judgment, and experience scaling production systems.
• Product-oriented mindset and an obsession with customer experience and usability.
• Self-starter with an ownership mentality who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Clear communicator who collaborates effectively across disciplines.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience as a founder or engineer at a fast-growing startup.
• Experience building AI-powered or LLM-enabled product features.
• Experience with government contracting or public-sector software.
• Experience with complex integrations and syncing with external systems.

Engineers at GovDash Today

• Work with React (TypeScript), Node.js, Next.js, Temporal, and modern cloud infrastructure.
• Move with speed and urgency without sacrificing quality.
• Embrace hard problems and take pride in elegant solutions.
• Put themselves in the shoes of users to build thoughtful, trustworthy experiences.
• Value clear, frequent communication and strong team ownership.
• Feel deep accountability and enjoy building for the businesses we serve.

You Might Thrive Here If You

• Enjoy owning product features from idea to production.
• Care deeply about customer experience and real-world impact.
• Are excited to build software that helps organizations operate better and win more business.
• Care about America and her interests (non-negotiable).

Our Product Teams

• Capture Team
• Proposal Team
• Contract Team
• Platform Team
• Data Library Team

GovDash

GovDash helps businesses win and deliver government contracts that advance American interests. We replace fragmented GovCon tooling with a single, secure, AI-driven system that supports the full lifecycle of government contracting from opportunity discovery and capture through proposal execution, award, and post-award operations.