Senior Software Engineer

New York, NY, Remote. Posted 11 days ago

The role

You will build full-stack features, AI-powered product surfaces, and platform infrastructure. You will set technical direction, mentor teammates, and engage with federal agency stakeholders.

What you will do

Scoping, architecture, build, and iteration of full-stack features
Building AI-powered product surfaces like intelligent intake flows and automated case routing
Direct engagement with federal agency stakeholders to translate requirements
Maintaining platform reliability and performance at government scale
Setting technical direction and code quality standards
Mentorship of earlier-career engineers through code review and pairing

Required qualifications

5+ years of professional engineering experience
Deep fluency in React / Next.js and Node.js / TypeScript / Postgres
AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude) are already baked into how you work
Something real you've built: a product, an open source project, or a personal project
Ability to operate well with ambiguity
Care for the user experience

Nice to have

Experience with federal, state, or local government tech
Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry or AIP
Cloud deployment experience (AWS, Vercel, GitHub Actions, ECS/Fargate)
Exposure to design systems and component libraries
Experience leading technical work in an early-stage environment

Benefits

100% medical coverage through Oxford/United (Gold and Platinum PPO plans)
100% dental coverage through Guardian PPO
100% vision coverage through Beam
100% coverage for dependents
$100,000 in fully paid life insurance
FSA and Dependent Care FSA
One Medical membership
Fertility and family-building support through Carrot
401(k) with a 2% company match
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents
10 weeks fully paid for non-birthing parents
Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum

Before you apply

Unable to sponsor visas for this role

About the company

Kaizen powers America’s application layer by replacing legacy systems federal agencies run on with modern software. Founded in 2022 and based in New York City and DC, Kaizen has raised $35 million from NEA, a16z, Accel, 776, and Carpenter Capital.