Senior Software Engineer – Tech Modernization

🔥 12 hours ago

🏈 Alabama, Arizona, +29 more states – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote 🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🦌 Connecticut – Remote 🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote 🐊 Florida – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote ⚜️ Louisiana – Remote 🦞 Maine – Remote 🎰 Nevada – Remote 🏖️ New Jersey – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🌪️ Oklahoma – Remote 🌲 Oregon – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote 🍂 Massachusetts – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🏰 Missouri – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote ⚓ Rhode Island – Remote 🌴 South Carolina – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $135.9k - $153k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Nava

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🏛️ Government

☁️ SaaS

🌍 Social Impact

Government • SaaS • Social Impact

Nava is a public-benefit technology company that designs, builds, and operates modern digital services and open-source software for federal, state, and local government agencies. Nava focuses on improving public benefit delivery—such as unemployment insurance, SNAP, Medicaid, grants, and veteran services—by creating human-centered, resilient systems that scale to millions of users and reduce manual work for government staff. The company also develops tools and pilots AI-enabled solutions to streamline verification and program administration while partnering with agencies to modernize legacy infrastructure and improve outcomes for beneficiaries.

📋 Description

• Survey the technical landscape to identify the right tools, platforms, and technologies to accomplish modernization objectives • Develop solutions that leverage generative AI and traditional engineering approaches to understand legacy systems and their business rules • Build proofs of concept, prototypes, and demonstration applications that showcase modernization capabilities • Design and implement approaches for translating legacy systems into modern architectures and technology stacks • Develop solutions that reduce modernization risk by validating replacement applications and ensuring functional parity • Brainstorm and evaluate multiple approaches to complex technical problems, identifying trade-offs and risks • Experiment with new technologies and methodologies to rapidly identify successful patterns and limitations • Collaborate with engineering teams, subject matter experts, and government stakeholders to understand constraints and build support for modernization strategies • Create reusable patterns, playbooks, and processes that help teams modernize legacy systems more effectively • Support modernization efforts by applying tools and approaches to real-world client challenges

🎯 Requirements

• Ability to quickly learn new technologies, patterns, and concepts • Strong knowledge of legacy system modernization and migration patterns • Experience integrating with, modernizing, or migrating legacy systems • Experience refactoring, maintaining, or extending complex full-stack applications using a variety of frameworks and technologies • Proven ability to rapidly prototype concepts to validate technical feasibility and identify implementation risks • Ability to work independently and turn loosely defined ideas into functional software solutions • Strong problem-solving skills and comfort navigating ambiguity • Ability to influence stakeholders and build alignment within large organizations • Experience balancing experimentation with delivery of reliable, maintainable solutions • Strong written and verbal communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Health coverage — comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs • Insurance coverage — Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost • Time off — vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge • Company holidays — enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO • Annual bonus — when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus • Parental leave — paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home • Wellness program — full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools • Virtual care — see doctors online with no copay through UnitedHealthcare’s virtual visit program • Sabbatical leave — earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest • 401(k) match — Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan • Flexible work — remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities • Home office setup — company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs • Utility support — monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses • Learning opportunities — internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills • Development opportunities — LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs • Referral bonus — get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team • Commuter benefits — pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable • Supportive culture — A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care