Software Engineer - W2

Compiler is a small, woman-owned software consultancy. Compiler helps service-oriented government agencies build open source, human-centered, secure, agile solutions to support the delivery of government services that increase equity of opportunity.

Our team specializes in building software applications around data for operations support and performance management including: data standards development, data engineering, data cleaning, extract transform and load (ETL) workflows, custom application programming interface (API) development and integration, data integration, data pipelines, data analytics, and data science. Our team’s subject matter expertise in transportation, housing, and homelessness provides depth and quality to the services we design and the applications we build.

Our clients have included: City of Los Angeles, City of West Hollywood, CicLAvia, LA2050, Caltrans, County of Los Angeles, and the California Community Foundation. Our recent work includes building and integrating payment and digital services technologies for public transportation agencies using Docker, Python/Django, and AWS.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to support a range of new and ongoing client projects. You’ll report directly to Kegan Maher and collaborate with a small team of designers and engineers. You’ll have access to additional external support for data privacy, data security, accessibility, and internationalization as well as modern tools to help you get your work done in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and build open source software that streamlines the delivery of public services with a focus on equity and active harm reduction
• Interact with clients to iteratively gather requirements, refine scope, and demo progress
• Document your work, including asynchronous communications, to inform internal and client teams
• Coordinate with product, design, and engineering to deliver delightful products and services
• Pair program, code review, contribute to architecture decisions, help create standard patterns and practices for development and DevOps
• Self-direct and time-manage across multiple client projects with varying levels of complexity, demand, and constraint

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with or in proximity to government
• Experience using modern, high-level programming languages such as Python and JavaScript to build web applications, API services, or similar
• Experience using Docker and containers to manage reproducible environments
• Experience deploying production applications and services to cloud environments such as AWS and GCP
• Experience collaborating with product managers and remote teams
• Knowledge of Git / GitHub based development workflows and open source project management
• A love of public transportation
• A personal and professional commitment to bring anti-racist principles into development practices

Position type

Full-time (~30 hours/week) W2 employment

Start date

Approximately Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021

Compensation

Expected salary range is $100,000 - $120,000 annually based on qualifications and experience Paid time off: 15 days paid time off (PTO) and 10 sick days annually, federal holidays + Juneteenth, and holiday closure between December 23 and January 1 Medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits

Location

100% remote; the current team is spread across Pacific and Eastern time zones in the US.

Application process

Remote work is expected and hours are flexible. QTPOC applicants are welcome. To apply, send resume, brief intro and preferences for working (days and hours, time zone, etc.) to careers@compiler.la. Or, apply at http://compiler.freshteam.com/jobs. Cover letters are in no way expected and we do not give extra weight in scoring to those that write them.

Applications will be accepted until Friday, June 18th, 2021.

All applicants will receive an acknowledgement that their application has been received within 24 hours of successful submission. Those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted to schedule an interview for the week of June 21st, 2021.

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, education, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital domestic partner status, familial status, disability status, or veteran status.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. #banthebox