Authorium

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$230kDetected 62 days ago

RubyReactNext.jsRailsFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewAWSComplianceBudgetingProcurementHIPAALeadershipCollaboration

About the role

We have deep product market fit and are scaling to meet the demands of the world's most complex government agencies.
This is a foundational role for a senior engineer who thrives in an in-person, collaborative environment and wants to be "in the room" where our most complex architectural decisions are made.
While Authorium is a distributed company, our SF office is where we tackle our most intricate "war room" challenges-from modularizing our core domain to whiteboarding the next generation of our workflow engine.

Authorium is building the operating system for the infrastructure of democracy.
We serve the agencies that support millions of citizens.
Own the most complex work across our platform, including robust versioning systems, approval workflows, and permission models.
You'll lead deep, architectural code reviews and drive improvements to our automated quality gates.

6+ years of professional full-stack experience.
Systems Thinker: A proven track record of designing and maintaining complex domain objects and data models in production.
You have a deep understanding of defensive coding practices and the authorization models required to protect sensitive data.
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.
Deep knowledge of Rails conventions and the modular monolith pattern (Packwerk).
Experience with document generation (PDFs), rich text editors, or building systems to process unstructured data within secure workflows.
Experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, Parameter Store) and modern deployment pipelines.

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 Mastery: Deep knowledge of Rails conventions and the modular monolith pattern (Packwerk).
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: Experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, Parameter Store) and modern deployment pipelines.
Grow Stage Veteran: Previous experience at a company in the $5M-$30M ARR range where you were one of the senior-most individual contributors.

We are a 43-person company growing 45% YoY, with a clear path to profitability by Q4 2026.
We are establishing our San Francisco office as a strategic center for high-bandwidth engineering and product innovation.
You will be a primary driver of the technical integrity of our platform, setting the quality bar and shipping the features that will power our next major phase of expansion.
Previous experience at a company in the $5M-$30M ARR range where you were one of the senior-most individual contributors.
We are a GovTech SaaS platform that unifies the massive, complex workflows-procurement, grants, and budgeting-that keep state and local governments running.
Our platform replaces fragmented spreadsheets and decades-old legacy systems with a unified data layer that manages billions of dollars in public funds.

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