Senior/Principal Software Engineer, Python

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💵 $153k - $171k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Nava

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

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

• Define the technical strategy and lead the engineering team in building modern, scalable, open-source solutions • Coordinate across delivery teams and guide architecture and implementation • Ensure systems meet business needs, technical standards, and long-term maintainability goals • Collaborate with the product team, government stakeholders, and other contractors to build new systems and improve existing systems • Lead and manage engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and professional-growth support • Define the technical vision and architectural roadmap with clients and the delivery team • Build technical alignment across clients, stakeholders, and vendor partners • Act as liaison between developers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders • Make architectural decisions balancing long-term program goals with short-term delivery needs • Oversee technical delivery, managing risks, dependencies, and trade-offs • Establish and enforce best practices in code quality, testing, security, and documentation • Identify and mitigate technical risks with cross-functional product teams • Guide planning, estimation, prioritization, trade-offs, technical debt, and project milestones

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing engineers and leading technical delivery • Proven ability to architect and deliver scalable, maintainable, and secure distributed systems • Advanced proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks, such as Python, React, Node.js, or equivalent • Strong understanding of system integration, data migration, and API/interface development • Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, and cloud environments such as AWS or equivalent • Experience building and managing cross-functional engineering teams and collaborating with product, design, and client stakeholders • Familiarity with open-source development and community-driven initiatives • Demonstrated ability to lead with empathy, build trust, and create an environment where engineers can thrive • Legal authorization to work in the United States • Ability to meet other requirements for government contracts • Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future • May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans • Disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost • Vacation, holidays including Juneteenth, and floating holidays • 12 paid federal holidays each year in addition to regular PTO • Performance-based annual bonus for eligible employees when Nava meets its goals • Paid parental leave • Weekly meals delivered to new parents' homes • Wellness program with physical, mental, and emotional health resources and support tools • Virtual doctor visits with no copay, depending on available providers • Extended unpaid sabbatical leave after continuous service • 401(k) with 4% salary match • Remote-first flexible work environment • Company laptop and home office setup assistance via Staples • Monthly reimbursement for eligible home office utility expenses • Internal training programs and professional learning resources • LinkedIn Learning access and annual allowance for courses, tuition, and certifications • Referral bonus • Pre-tax commuter programs where applicable • Collaborative and remote-friendly team environment