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$139,050–$159,650/yr
US 4w PTO

  • Act as the technical bridge between core engineering and state government partners, scoping and deploying data solutions.
  • Work with state Departments of Corrections to untangle messy data and integrate Recidiviz's platform.
  • Contribute code to the core platform and turn on-the-ground challenges into actionable insights.

SQL Python JavaScript/TypeScript Cloud Infrastructure ETL

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$120,000–$120,000/yr
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  • Own end-to-end analytical projects, translating policy questions into data-driven insights for state criminal justice leaders.
  • Use SQL and Python to wrangle complex corrections and parole data and model policy scenarios.
  • Prepare clear decks and memos that help decision-makers understand tradeoffs and drive reform.

Recidiviz builds technology to reduce incarceration and improve outcomes for people in the criminal justice system. It is a small nonprofit working with over 20 state partners, covering 46% of the U.S. incarcerated population.

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  • Embedded engineering role building and shipping technical solutions for enterprise customers.
  • Lead complex data integrations with ERP, CRM, and data warehouses.
  • Be the technical face of Campfire while writing production code in customer environments.

Campfire provides a financial planning platform that unifies revenues and costs to help companies optimize long-term profitability. It is a visionary tech company with a talented, passionate team.

$160,000–$180,000/yr
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  • Scope and prove Sayari fits customer workflows before delivery.
  • Implement risk screening, graph analytics, and data integrations with Python and SQL.
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Sayari provides judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk, resolving billions of primary-source records. Trusted by government agencies and Fortune 500 enterprises, it has offices in Washington D.C., London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv.

$85,000–$85,000/yr
US 4w PTO

  • Explore complex criminal justice datasets to find patterns and insights.
  • Carry out well-scoped analyses with guidance from senior analysts, supporting product launches in partner states.
  • Build clear visualizations and communicate findings to internal teams and state partners.

Recidiviz builds technology to reduce incarceration and improve outcomes for people in the criminal justice system. We are a small, mission-driven team with a collaborative culture, supported by leading philanthropists and working with over 19 state partners.

US

  • Build new 0-to-1 capabilities in the field with customers, owning features end to end.
  • Spend time on site with users to understand pain points and iterate on prototypes.
  • Write clean, testable, maintainable code while moving quickly on urgent problems.

They build an AI-native software platform that helps government agencies and industrial suppliers see capacity, surface constraints, and coordinate resources. As a growth-stage defense technology company, they value speed, ownership, and making a real impact in a fast-paced environment.

$130,000–$180,000/yr
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  • Lead architecture and technical decision-making across the data lifecycle, from ingestion to consumption by products and AI.
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  • Mentor engineers and build a culture of strong software engineering practices, experimentation, and shared technical ownership.

Applied Systems provides software, data, and intelligent systems that connect agencies and carriers across the insurance lifecycle. With 40+ years in insurtech, the company builds on a culture of learning, experimentation, and shared ownership.

US

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines and data models to support analytics and product needs.
  • Develop robust data integration workflows for seamless data exchange between internal and external systems.
  • Optimize cloud-hosted databases and ensure security and compliance with healthcare standards like HIPAA.

Chamber is rebuilding cardiology care by partnering with independent cardiologists and equipping them with technology, data, and operational tools. They blend clinical expertise, thoughtful design, and AI-forward innovation in an early-stage health tech culture.

$170,000–$200,000/yr
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  • Set technical direction and own critical architectural decisions for the 340BCheck team.
  • Drive proactive refactoring and resolve the hardest technical problems across distributed systems.
  • Mentor senior engineers and improve team culture and execution.

Bluesight's mission is to empower customers to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. It is a high growth healthcare information technology company with a start-up vibe and over 3,000 customers.

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  • Run customer onboarding end-to-end: connect cloud accounts, deploy sensors, and achieve first blocked change.
  • Write and tune SQL-based policies mapped to compliance frameworks, minimizing false positives.
  • Debug customer environments, provide structured feedback to engineering, and create reusable playbooks.

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$165,000–$200,000/yr
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  • Design and build the storage layer that preserves source disagreement and history rather than resolving them away at write time.
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DEFCON AI is an insights company that uses artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization, and data analytics to help customers anticipate and mitigate disruptions. The company offers a fully remote, results-based culture with comprehensive benefits and a focus on secure government cloud environments.

$120,000–$180,000/yr
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  • Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines for VA claims processing using Python, SQL, PySpark, and cloud platforms.
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LMI is a digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed, bringing commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, it serves defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors with a focus on agility and collaboration.

$100,027–$165,048/yr
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  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and centralized repositories for reliable analytics.
  • Perform advanced data profiling, validation, and root cause analysis to ensure data quality.
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Brown University Health is Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, comprising hospitals and behavioral health providers. With over 20,000 staff, it fosters a collaborative culture centered on compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.

$158,000–$248,000/yr
US

  • Architect and implement backend services for secure file storage and third-party integrations.
  • Design event-driven systems for real-time permission propagation at enterprise scale.
  • Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices while exploring AI-powered file capabilities.

Addepar is a global data and AI platform that unifies portfolio, market, and client data for investment professionals. Serving over 1,500 firms managing nearly $10 trillion in assets, the company fosters a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

  • Lead post-sale technical strategy for public sector customers, focusing on data and AI outcomes.
  • Own technical delivery and adoption across use cases, coordinating internal and customer teams.
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A technology company helping public sector customers turn data and AI investments into measurable business outcomes. It fosters a remote-first culture with East Coast-based collaboration and supports federal contract work.

$185,000–$305,000/yr
Americas Europe Africa Unlimited PTO

  • Own Elicit's scholarly search and data platform, covering coverage, freshness, quality, and cost.
  • Build secure, rights-aware integrations for enterprise customers and content partners.
  • Ship features end-to-end across frontend, backend, and data with staged rollouts.

Elicit is an AI research agent that helps scientists and decision-makers find, synthesize, and understand research. We are a public benefit corporation with a small, AI-native engineering team focused on high-stakes evidence.

US

  • You will own technical delivery across federal deployments, from first prototype to stable production.
  • You will embed deeply with federal customers to design and build mission-critical applications powered by Deepgram's Voice AI models.
  • You will deploy and operate models in self-hosted, air-gapped, and edge environments, guiding stakeholders on operational value.

Deepgram is a leading Voice AI platform providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agents. With 200,000+ developers and 1,300+ organizations, Deepgram operates with an AI-first mindset and a fast-paced, innovative culture.

Mexico

  • Write and ship production code to support the most complex customers on the platform.
  • Own the technical side of onboarding for strategic accounts, from first scoping call to go-live.
  • Partner with Sales and Product to turn customer feedback into priorities and help close large deals.

Jeeves is a stablecoin-native banking platform for global enterprises, offering corporate cards, payments, treasury and spend management. With $400M+ raised and customers in 35 countries, it is fast-paced and built for relentless problem-solvers.

$180,000–$200,000/yr
US

  • Own client engagements end to end, from sitting with the people doing the work to deciding what to build and shipping production systems.
  • Build pipelines over speech, text, and event data, LLM-backed workflows with human review, and integrations with CRMs, telephony, and data warehouses.
  • Ensure reliability, observability, and security after launch, own what happens at 2 a.m., and teach the client's team to operate what you built.

Lunon is an AI transformation consultancy headquartered in New York City, embedding engineers into client businesses to turn AI into working production software. They are a small, fast-moving team that stays until the solution runs without them.

$150,000–$225,000/yr
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  • Design and implement Hightouch Identity Resolution solutions for enterprise customers, blending data analytics and data engineering.
  • Debug customer issues end-to-end by writing SQL against customer warehouses and analyzing data architecture.
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Hightouch builds Identity Resolution (IDR) products that help large enterprises unify customer data across multiple brands into a single golden source of truth. The company fosters a remote-first, hands-on engineering culture where team members work directly with Fortune 500 customers on data strategy and implementation.

$157,500–$185,000/yr
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  • Build at the customer site: write production-quality agents, integrations, and data pipelines on Redpanda ADP inside the customer’s environment and codebase.
  • Work in unfamiliar territory fast: ramp quickly in new codebases, data environments, and constraints.
  • Own the technical deliverable from design to handoff, ensuring it is documented, maintainable, and running in production.

Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction, combining streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with governance for enterprise AI agents. It is a fast-moving, diverse, people-first organization with team members around the globe, trusted by Fortune 500 companies and startups.