Fullstack Software Engineer (Congress)

Verdance•Washington, DC

22h•$150,000 - $177,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Verdance and help improve government digital services! About the role You’ll join a growing company working with a variety of government agencies to build high-quality digital public services. Your initial project placement will be on a small team working in Congress to support and modernize critical tools used by legislative staff. The team will be mostly remote, but there will be some in-person work required as needed (think a day or two every so often, not a fixed schedule), so living within a reasonable commute of the Capitol area is a must. This team will be significantly less constrained in shipping velocity than many executive branch tech teams, so we're looking for someone with a scrappy get-it-done mindset.

Requirements

5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience
Substantial experience with at least two of JavaScript, Python, Ruby or Java, and enthusiasm to pick up new tools and languages as needed
Enthusiasm to learn the ins and outs of complicated legislative processes and participate with product and design to co-define a modernization approach
Work authorization in the US
All work must take place in the continental US
Team members must have lived in the US for 3 out of the past 5 years
You'll have to pass a public trust government background investigation

Nice To Haves

A civic tech background (any leg branch experience would be a big plus!)
Enough infrastructure experience to be comfortable working on DevOps tasks sometimes
Understanding of unit testing, CI/CD, and cloud services
Experience writing efficient, maintainable code
Desire to learn about government and help make it better
Desire to work at a small company focused on thoughtful growth
Professionalism, curiosity, and humility