Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We are looking for product- and civic-minded engineers with a track record of building and scaling great products. The opportunities outpace our ability to build them all, so the right candidate thrives on sharp judgment, prioritization, and focus. You’ll own work like:

What it asks for · 3

• Experience building AI products and a working intuition for their capabilities and limitations
• A strong technical track record building and shipping enterprise- or government-grade products
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills — you’ll partner with sales, legal, research, and policy teams alike

Also a plus

• Have 8+ years of experience as a full stack or backend software engineer
• Startup experience, particularly in scaling products from zero to one
• Experience partnering with sales, customer success, and professional services teams to drive product adoption
• Experience deploying software on government networks
• Active federal security clearance (Secret or above)

What the job covers

• Architect and ship deployments that meet public sector compliance and security requirements, from FedRAMP to classified networks
• Build AI applications tailored to government workflows by developing deep understanding of how agencies actually operate
• Partner with research and safeguards teams to evaluate and improve Claude for government use cases
• Work directly with government customers and internal go-to-market teams to turn requirements into technical and product roadmaps
• Design scalable systems for deployment, user management, and administrative controls across constrained environments
• Create clarity and technical direction in a fast-moving environment with unique constraints

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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• products10×
• claude6×
• experience6×
• customers5×
• building4×
• engineers3×
• legal3×
• requirements3×
• research3×
• scaling3×
• technical3×
• backend2×
• build2×
• citizenship2×
• citizenship-based2×

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