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Product Engineer

New YorkFull-timeOfficeEngineering$190,000 - $250,000

About GovDash

GovDash helps businesses win and deliver government contracts that advance American interests. Our AI platform is a single, secure, workflow-driven system for the full contracting lifecycle, from opportunity discovery and capture through proposal execution, award, and post-award operations. In 2025 alone, GovDash customers won more than $5B in government contracts and we've raised $42M to move faster on product and scale GovDash nationwide.

About the Role

This is a full-stack product engineering role where you own features end-to-end across frontend and backend systems. You'll work directly with customers to understand their problems, ship code frequently, and set technical direction within your product area. Our engineering team operates without product managers; technical leads work directly with customers and have significant autonomy in shaping and delivering solutions

What You'll Own

Design, build, and ship full-stack product features end-to-end across frontend and backend systems
Engage directly with customers to understand their problems and incorporate feedback into product improvements
Set technical direction and patterns within your product area
Build intuitive interfaces and APIs that help users understand and trust AI-powered workflows
Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability as the platform grows

Must-Have

Strong full-stack proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Next.js (TypeScript is non-negotiable; the two-day live work trial is built entirely in it, and Temporal is a plus)
Track record of autonomy: can take a fuzzy customer problem and scope it into a project without detailed guidance
2+ years of professional engineering experience in startup or fast-paced environments (big tech tenure alone does not count)
Based in New York (required for in-person work and to interact with government contractors on East Coast time)

Nice-to-Have

Computer engineering background or formal study in computer engineering prior to programming; signals engineering rigor
Significant GitHub contribution history (1,500+ contributions per year or higher); demonstrates consistent shipping velocity
Ex-founder or founding engineer at a Seed, Series A, or Series B startup; shows ability to operate with autonomy and customer focus

Green Flags

Exceptional GitHub activity (3,000-5,000 contributions/year pre-2024)
Experience building AI-powered or LLM-enabled product features
Experience with government contracting or public-sector software
Experience with complex integrations and syncing with external systems
Founding engineer or early-stage startup background
Ex-athlete (especially D1 level)

Red Flags

3+ years at a single large company (Charles Schwab, BNY Mellon, etc.) without startup experience
No TypeScript experience when coming through recruiter networks
Cannot articulate ownership of fuzzy problems or scope projects independently
Looking primarily for work-life balance or explicit work-hour boundaries
Only experience at recent-era Stripe, Ramp, or Databricks hires (joined 1-2 years ago)
Does not care about America and her interests
Former D1 athlete; demonstrates discipline, pain tolerance, and time-management in high-intensity environments

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