Software Engineer - Mobile
$145k - $173k USD
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 with a Congressional customer, working on a mobile app & backend that staff, journalists, and members of the public use to track Congressional activity in real time. This role will require some on-site availability as needed (likely an average of 1x a week), so living within a reasonable commute of the Capitol area is a must.
This role is contingent on a final government project award decision— which is expected in January.
Here are our must-have priorities for this role:
5+ years of software engineering experience
Substantial mobile development experience, ideally in the Flutter/Dart environment
Substantial backend engineering experience
Strong comfort with JavaScript or Python, and the ability to pick up new tools and languages as needed
Enthusiasm to learn the learn the ins and outs of the Congressional data environment
Understanding of best practices resilience and fault-tolerance data integrations
Here’s what we hope you bring:
A civic tech background
Enough infrastructure experience to be comfortable scrubbing in on DevOps tasks where needed
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
Here’s what we’re offering in return:
$145k-$173k salary range (depending on seniority)
4 weeks PTO per year + federal holidays
Insurance, including dental and vision
401(k) with 4% match
12 weeks paid parental leave
Flexible work schedule
A interview process that respects your time
Some administrative requirements of our government contracts:
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
A little more about us
Verdance is a public interest technology firm, spun up to help government partners navigate critical technology challenges. We’re a small company with deep experience at several government agencies and offices.