About GovlyGovly is an Insight Partners and YC backed Series A high-growth startup that is modernizing and bringing AI to B2G workflows and operations. Our AI-powered market intelligence platform helps government contractors find, win, and collaborate on public sector opportunities. The Govly platform is trusted by leading OEMs, VARs, distributors, and prime contractors to navigate the complex world of government procurement. We are a fast-moving, innovative company, shipping new features at a rapid pace to keep our customers ahead of the curve. Recently, our models and AI tools have captured the attention of the US Army who awarded us a Direct to Phase II SBIR to build them an Agentic AI tool that dramatically accelerates their procurement process. We delivered our MVP last September (12 months ahead of schedule) and looking to secure a Phase III in the coming months and need to accelerate our expansion across the Federal Government.Our GuidepostsEverything is possiblePrioritize actionTalk to usersMove fastBe kindBuild things that people loveThe RoleWe are hiring a Senior Product Engineer to join our team of 8 engineers. As an early member of our engineering team, we need someone who is product-minded, driven, and comfortable working across the stack.Your immediate focus will be building the best agentic AI experience for government procurement. We believe AI agents will fundamentally change how government buyers and contractors work, and we are building that product. You will work closely with the CTO to define and ship this vision.Govly’s primary app runs on Ruby/Rails, TypeScript/React, Postgres, Redis, and Elasticsearch. We use Claude Code and MCPs heavily in our development process.This role will start as an individual contributor with end-to-end ownership. Team growth will be driven by results and business needs, not assumed on day one.What You Might Work OnBuild a world-class agentic AI experience for government procurement, from agent architecture to user-facing artifacts and workflowsShape the direction of how AI is used across the product by bringing strong opinions on agent design, evaluation, and UXBuild AI agents that leverage our proprietary procurement data to autonomously generate documents, reports, and insightsIterate on features that drive cross-organization collaboration on government opportunitiesExtract, normalize, and aggregate data from thousands of government procurement sourcesFind ways to tie opportunity data to publicly available award dataWhat You Will DoUse a deep understanding of the problems our customers face to build software that people loveDrive end-to-end implementations of features: design data models, build APIs, implement frontend components, write testsUtilize Claude Code and MCPs to augment your workflowWrite clean, readable code that balances quality, scalability, and speed of implementationWork in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environmentPush the quality of our agentic AI experience to compete with the best consumer AI products on the marketWhat You Are Expected to Be Excellent AtGetting things done quickly and using AI tools to move fasterWriting code across the stack (Ruby/Rails, TypeScript/React, Postgres, Redis, and Elasticsearch)Building with LLMs (prompt engineering, agent architectures, tool use, evaluation)Shipping end-to-end features from data model to frontendMaking smart tradeoffs between quality, scalability, and speedWhat We Are Looking ForA passion for programming and being at the intersection of product, design, and engineeringStrong product engineering background with a track record of shipping features end-to-endComfortable working across the stack, whether it is building APIs in Rails, writing SQL, extracting information with the help of an LLM, or driving out user-facing features in ReactExperience building with LLMs and AI tools in production, with opinions on how to do it wellYou are interested in and excited about staying at the forefront of AI and bringing those ideas back to the productThrive in a remote environmentWant to deeply understand our business and market and use that to help drive our product forwardGive and take constructive feedback wellCan define, articulate, and follow up on the KPIs of your workBonusExperience with web scraping and data extraction at scaleExperience with government procurement or B2G marketsExperience with Elasticsearch or similar search infrastructureSignals You Will Succeed HereYou have a get-it-done attitude and do not shy away from unglamorous workYou use AI tools like Claude Code daily and are always looking for ways to move fasterYou obsess over making the product better, not just shipping tasksYou are comfortable with ambiguity and can turn a vague problem into a shipped featureYou have strong opinions about how AI products should work and are not afraid to challenge existing approachesWhy This Role MattersGovly has product-market fit, differentiated data, and growing demand from federal customers. We believe the next phase of the company is building an agentic AI product that transforms how government procurement works. This role exists to build that product and to add engineering capacity to a team that is running lean. This is a core engineering role with direct impact on revenue and the future of the company.BenefitsComprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance401(k) plan, with company match15 days of accrued PTO per year + 2 week company Holiday breakA truly exceptional opportunity to learn, grow, and make an outsized impact!
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