Fullstack Software Engineer; Congress

Overview

Join Verdance and help improve government digital services! 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 modernize tools used by legislative teams to manage critical budget processes. The role will be hybrid on-site, with an anticipated two days a week onsite in an office of the House of Representatives, so living within a reasonable commute of the Capitol area is a must.

We're anticipating that 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.

• 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

• A civic tech background
• Some C#/.NET experience or Windows development experience is ideal
• Enough infrastructure experience to be comfortable scrubbing in sometimes on Dev Ops tasks
• 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

• $150k-$177k 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

• 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

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 working in government settings - before Verdance, we’ve started modern technology teams in Congress, helped rebuild Health Care.gov, and redesigned social safety net systems for Veterans.