Software Engineer 3

Serving the People Who Serve the People

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

The Software Engineer three role at Granicus is for developers early in their careers who are looking for a fun, supportive, and fast-paced environment to grow their skills and contribute code to production systems. 

We are building a Platform Services team responsible for enabling cross-product integrations and simplifying third-party integrations across the organization.

This role is 70% hands-on backend engineering and 30% cross-team integration enablement, working closely with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and product teams to design scalable integration layers across legacy and modern systems.

All Granicus Software Engineers are expected to contribute to the broader Granicus technology organization in the deployment and support of these applications in higher environments.

• Design and build modular, reusable platform services

• Develop integration layers across legacy and modern APIs

• Collaborate with product teams to understand data models and protocols

• Translate business requirements into scalable backend solutions

• Deliver features in sprint-based agile environment

• Ensure maintainability, observability, and reliability of services

• Maintain strong automated test coverage

• Adapting Compliance and Security best practices.
• Adapting AI on day to day routine tasks and deliverables.
• Communicate and work effectively with others to create great high quality software.
• Proactively improve our processes and the design and architecture of our products.
• Drive innovation by coming up with new product ideas.
• Interest in learning emerging technologies and programming languages
• UX / UI Web designing (React / Angular / Vue).

• 4-6 years of proficiency experience
• Ability to showcase eagerness to learn and adapt as per demanding timelines and deliverables

• Backend Engineering (Primary)

    •  Strong expertise in Node.js + TypeScript & python

    •  Java (preferred but optional)

    •  Experience building microservices-based architectures

    •  RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and integration patterns

• Database & Data Modeling

  • Strong RDBMS design experience:

  • MySQL / PostgreSQL

  • NoSQL experience (preferred but optional)MongoDB / DocumentDB

  • Schema design, indexing strategies, migrations, multi-tenancy

  • Query optimization and performance tuning

• Engineering Fundamentals

    •  Strong Git proficiency

    •  Branching strategies

    •  Code reviews / pull request workflows

    •  Rebasing / conflict resolution

    •  Modular architecture principles

    •  DRY design patterns

    •  API contract versioning

• Cloud Engineering Foundations (Non-primary but preferred)

    •  Docker

    •  Kubernetes basics

    •  CI/CD pipeline concepts

    •  Environment configuration and deployment flows

  • Unit and integration testing best practices

     

• Cross-Team & Communication Skills

    •  Comfortable working in sprint-based agile environments

    •  Ability to:

    •  Work closely with POs, PMs and EMs

    •  Understand legacy APIs and undocumented systems

    •  Design clean integration layers

    •  Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Nice-to-Have / Forward-Looking Skills

    •  Understanding of:

    •  LLM fundamentals

    •  MCP (Model Context Protocol)

    •  LangChain

    •  Interest in learning emerging technologies and programming languages

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!

Security and Privacy Requirements

• Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
• Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.

The Team

• We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Culture

• At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be
  a part of our journey.
• A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
• Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and
  sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.
• Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.
• We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee
  population
  
  

The Impact

• We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.