Forward-Deployed Software Engineer
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Forward-deployed software engineer integrating Recidiviz’s criminal-justice data platform with state agencies. Scoping deployments, solving legacy-data challenges, and improving products for safer communities.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with state agency leadership and IT staff to understand policy objectives and system constraints
- Translate partner needs into technical approaches and deployment roadmaps
- Untangle messy data and legacy systems
- Write scripts and create technical solutions for deployments in customer environments
- Translate deployment challenges into insights for product and engineering teams
- Contribute code to make platforms and products more scalable and configurable
- Engage stakeholders from database administrators to agency executives
- Scope and lead technical integrations with state partners
- Travel on-site to state partners approximately 10% of the time
- Build trust and long-term partnerships with government teams
Requirements:
- 3+ years of practical experience building, customizing, and deploying software in a collaborative environment
- Experience scoping technical projects, defining product requirements, or translating business/policy needs into technical solutions
- Experience in a customer-facing and/or cross-functional role
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong proficiency in SQL and relational databases
- Experience writing code and scripts in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages
- High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to explore, experiment, and document solutions in complex legacy environments
- Willingness to travel occasionally to partner states
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
- Visa sponsorship is not available
- Preferred: government technology, legacy enterprise systems, regulated data, data pipelines/ETL, cloud infrastructure, React/full-stack development, and AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Copilot
Benefits:
- 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
- Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location)
- Partnership with Carrot providing inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, hormonal health, and gender-affirming care benefits
- Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
- Free mental health support via Talkspace
- Flexible remote work or option to work from Oakland or Manhattan offices
- Annual company offsite and other ad-hoc gatherings
- Mission-driven startup environment with stretch opportunities
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