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GovWell

Software Engineer, Mobile

New York, NY$195k–$260kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

GovWell seeks a Mobile Engineer to build iOS and Android apps that help government staff and residents interact with municipal services efficiently. You'll own mobile product strategy from early stage to scale, working on native platforms with a focus on offline-first design and user experience for field and citizen-facing applications.

What you'll do

  • Develop native iOS (Swift/SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) applications for government staff and residents
  • Design offline-first architecture ensuring field workers never lose progress due to connectivity issues
  • Build intuitive citizen-facing mobile experiences for permit and license interactions
  • Define mobile engineering standards and best practices as the product scales
  • Collaborate with CTO/Co-Founder to shape mobile product roadmap and new capabilities
  • Optimize for real-world conditions including slow networks and one-handed usage

What they're looking for

  • Native iOS development (Swift, SwiftUI)
  • Native Android development (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose)
  • Offline-first architecture and local data persistence
  • GraphQL and API integration
  • Performance optimization and mobile UX best practices
  • Product thinking and feature prioritization
  • AWS cloud services familiarity

Benefits

  • Work on mission-critical government services affecting millions of Americans
  • Join a rapidly scaling startup (4X ARR growth) with strong funding ($35M raised)
  • Report directly to CTO/Co-Founder with significant ownership and autonomy
  • Hybrid work arrangement with 3+ days per week in NYC office
  • Early-stage role with opportunity to define engineering standards
  • Collaborate with experienced founders in a hyper-growth environment
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GovWell

GovWell builds an AI-powered operating system that modernizes government services and streamlines public agency operations through generative AI-powered workflow automation. The company is hiring data engineers, full-stack engineers, AI product engineers, deployment engineers, and forward-deployed engineers to handle data migrations, platform development, enterprise customer deployments, and complex government modernization projects.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a production mobile app you've shipped—what were the biggest technical challenges and how did you solve them?
  • How do you approach building offline-first experiences, and what patterns have you found most effective?