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  • Define technical strategy and architecture for public sector deployments, ensuring both technical excellence and alignment with policy and operational needs
  • Act as the senior technical representative in executive-level customer meetings, bridging the gap between technical details and business or policy outcomes
  • Lead multiple end-to-end multi-year projects from rapid prototyping to development to operations and maintenance

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US

  • Lead the design and development of products and solutions for state governments and enterprise customers
  • Work side-by-side with customer delivery leads, engineers, and UX designers to ensure successful projects delivery and deployments
  • Translate customer requirements into technical architectures and working implementations

SpruceID builds privacy-preserving, standards-based digital identity and credentialing solutions. They give individuals control of their information while enabling governments and enterprises to deliver secure, interoperable services.

Global

  • Develop software using the KnowBe4 Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Methodologies.
  • Assist other team members by providing technical direction.
  • Define approaches and solutions to complex technical problems.

KnowBe4 is a global leader in Human Risk Management, securing employees and AI agents for over 15 years, trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide. Their HRM+ combines continuous risk intelligence, advanced technical defenses, and personalized training to help organizations build strong security cultures.

US

  • Design, build, and deploy full-stack solutions for state governments and public sector partners.
  • Collaborate with customer delivery leads, engineers, and UX designers to ensure successful deployments.
  • Translate customer requirements into technical architectures and production-ready systems.

SpruceID builds privacy-preserving, standards-based digital identity and credentialing solutions. They give individuals control of their information while enabling governments and enterprises to deliver secure, interoperable services.

US

  • Design and implement APIs, data pipelines, and simulation runtime logic for mission applications.
  • Develop software using modern programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, or TypeScript/Angular.
  • Build and integrate modular microservices for improved scalability and maintainability.

They deliver advanced technology solutions, integrating people and processes to tackle complex challenges effectively. The company has a collaborative and supportive team culture.

US

  • Responsible for leading a team through the design, planning, and implementation phases of our Software Development Lifecycle.
  • Drive software design and architecture for the team’s projects and provide peer review and guidance for the other engineers on the team.
  • Be self-driven and adhere to our quality, security, and architecture standards.

GovWorx is a mission-driven technology company dedicated to supporting public safety agencies—including 911 Emergency Communications Centers, law enforcement, and fire/EMS departments—through responsible AI solutions. Our platforms leverage operational data to enhance training, quality assurance, and performance evaluation.

$153,000–$214,000/yr
US Canada

  • Work within a small team of developers to implement new security features.
  • Assist in security design efforts or scoping initiatives for new features.
  • Demonstrate leadership in security development and act as a trusted point of contact.

1Password is building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience.

$125,000–$175,000/yr
US

  • Lead architecture interviews with stakeholders.
  • Develop architecture briefing documents.
  • Support Continuous Monitoring activities.

Smartsheet helps people and teams achieve their goals with work management and scalable solutions. They empower teams to automate tasks, uncover insights, and scale smarter, with a focus on creating space for innovation and meaningful work.

$123,000–$172,000/yr
US Canada

  • A hands-on engineering role on the Privacy Engineering team within GRC & Security.
  • Work on privacy engineering problems where product and platform decisions matter.
  • Build practical privacy guardrails across the stack.

1Password is building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. They ensure every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted; they innovate the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management. They have over 180,000 businesses and take a human-centric approach.

$124,000–$329,200/yr
US

  • Lead technical decision making and architecture.
  • Design and implement scalable, reliable and performant solutions.
  • Maintain and improve the API Gateway, and other systems.

Wisconsin General is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance its API Gateway, which is essential for scalability and resiliency. They foster collaborative problem-solving and value diversity, ensuring millions of developers can rely on their tools and services.

US

  • Design, build, and maintain core KEPM/EPM capabilities, including policy evaluation, privilege enforcement, elevation workflows, and audit logging
  • Develop and harden endpoint agent components (services/daemons, installers/updaters, local policy caching, secure IPC) with a focus on security, reliability, and performance
  • Implement platform integrations and management-plane capabilities (APIs, admin workflows, telemetry) to support enterprise deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Keeper Security is a cybersecurity software company protecting organizations and people in over 150 countries. They are a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment and secure passwords, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints.

Global

  • Drive the design, development, and delivery of cloud‑native, distributed systems.
  • Mentor full‑stack and quality engineers, shape engineering culture.
  • Advance CI/CD practices, strengthen operational capabilities, and champion next‑generation engineering tools.

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. They have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers.

$182,000–$260,000/yr
US

  • Design and implement a multi-region AWS architecture.
  • Architect self-healing infrastructure using advanced cloud load balancing and auto-scaling patterns.
  • Modernize CI/CD pipelines and implement Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies.

Zscaler is a pioneer and global leader in zero trust security. They secure users, branches, applications, data & devices, and accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Zscaler is distributed across more than 160 data centers globally and they believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate. They champion an “AI Forward, People First” philosophy to help us accelerate and innovate, empowering their people to embrace their potential.