About Sivil

Sivil is a mission-driven, venture-backed startup that helps cities, counties, and states go paperless. Our platform manages forms and community feedback in a way that’s accessible, secure, and easy to use.

Government agencies use our platform every day. The work we do directly impacts public trust, transparency, and safety. We are a dedicated team building a scalable platform, and every engineer at Sivil has meaningful ownership and real-world impact.

The Role

As a Software Engineer at Sivil, you will own features end-to-end and help build core parts of the

platform. You’ll collaborate closely with product and design to turn real-world needs into reliable,

secure software.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and ship full-stack features
• Own APIs, data models, and user-facing functionality
• Improve system performance, reliability, and security
• Collaborate with product and customer-facing teammates
• Participate in architectural discussions
• Help shape engineering practices and documentation

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong experience with React, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Experience designing RESTful APIs
• Solid understanding of SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Experience deploying or operating services in AWS
• Experience using AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to accelerate development workflows

Preferred Skills

• Experience working at a startup
• Experience building SaaS products
• Familiarity with infrastructure tooling or observability
• Experience integrating third-party or legacy systems
• Interest in public safety or government-adjacent software
• Experience building or integrating AI-powered features or internal tooling
• Experience effectively use AI for debugging, refactoring, and generating code, with strong judgment in validating outputs