Software Engineer

Summary

Authorium is a high-growth GovTech SaaS company transforming how government agencies manage administrative operations through unified technology and AI-enabled workflows. The Software Engineer will deliver complex platform features, contribute to architectural decisions and core-domain modularization, uphold engineering quality, and help develop AI-native workflows.

Responsibilities

• Shipping Core Features: Deliver complex, high-impact features across our platform—from building robust versioning systems to designing intricate approval workflows and permission models
• Technical Evolution: Participate in architectural decisions that scale across multiple customer configurations. You’ll contribute to ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) and help drive the modularization of our core domain
• Engineering Craft: Uphold a high bar for technical excellence. You’ll engage in deep, architectural code reviews and contribute to the advancement of our automated quality gates
• AI-Native Workflow: Leverage Cursor and Claude to offload boilerplate and focus on complex implementation. You’ll help refine our AI-first patterns—including agentic testing and automated reviews—ensuring the team operates at maximum leverage

Skills

• • 3+ years of professional full-stack experience. We value deep engineering fundamentals—system design, database optimization, and clean architecture—over fluency in any specific syntax
• • Systems Thinker: A demonstrated ability to understand and contribute to complex domain objects and data models in production environments
• • High-Agency: You don't wait for a perfectly groomed ticket. You are comfortable partnering with product managers to turn ambiguous requirements into elegant technical specs
• • Security Minded: You treat security as a core engineering discipline. You have a strong working knowledge of defensive coding practices and the authorization models required to protect sensitive data
• • Quality Obsessed: A history of writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing. You take pride in your PR history and believe that "done" includes documentation and observability
• • Modern Frontend Experience: Familiarity with React and/or Next.js — we're actively evolving our frontend stack, and if React or Next.js is in your background, we want to hear about it
• • Ruby on Rails Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Rails conventions and an interest in (or experience with) modular monoliths
• • Complex Document Infrastructure: Experience with document generation (PDFs), rich text editors, or building systems to process unstructured data within secure workflows
• • Regulated Industry Experience: Previous work in compliance-heavy environments such as GovTech, FinTech, or HealthTech (FedRAMP, SOC 2, or HIPAA)
• • Infrastructure Curiosity: Experience with or a strong desire to learn AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, CloudWatch) and modern deployment pipelines
• • Startup Veteran: Previous experience in a fast-growing startup ($5M–$30M ARR range) where you navigated rapid change and contributed to a scaling product

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • 3+ years of professional full-stack experience. We value deep engineering fundamentals—system design, database optimization, and clean architecture—over fluency in any specific syntax
• • Systems Thinker: A demonstrated ability to understand and contribute to complex domain objects and data models in production environments
• • High-Agency: You don't wait for a perfectly groomed ticket. You are comfortable partnering with product managers to turn ambiguous requirements into elegant technical specs
• • Security Minded: You treat security as a core engineering discipline. You have a strong working knowledge of defensive coding practices and the authorization models required to protect sensitive data
• • Quality Obsessed: A history of writing clean, maintainable code with comprehensive testing. You take pride in your PR history and believe that "done" includes documentation and observability

Nice to Haves

• • Modern Frontend Experience: Familiarity with React and/or Next.js — we're actively evolving our frontend stack, and if React or Next.js is in your background, we want to hear about it
• • Ruby on Rails Proficiency: Strong knowledge of Rails conventions and an interest in (or experience with) modular monoliths
• • Complex Document Infrastructure: Experience with document generation (PDFs), rich text editors, or building systems to process unstructured data within secure workflows
• • Regulated Industry Experience: Previous work in compliance-heavy environments such as GovTech, FinTech, or HealthTech (FedRAMP, SOC 2, or HIPAA)
• • Infrastructure Curiosity: Experience with or a strong desire to learn AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, CloudWatch) and modern deployment pipelines
• • Startup Veteran: Previous experience in a fast-growing startup ($5M–$30M ARR range) where you navigated rapid change and contributed to a scaling product

Benefits

• Offers equity
• 100% benefits coverage for employee
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible PTO
• Home office stipend
• Comprehensive wellness benefits
• Commuter stipend for hybrid roles