Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer at Just Appraised — Remote
- Company: Just Appraised
- Location: Remote
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 120000–180000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
Senior Software Engineer
At Just Appraised, we’re replacing outdated, manual local government workflows with modern software used by hundreds of government agencies across the United States. Our cutting-edge, AI-powered software, which leverages Natural Language Processing (NLP), replaces manual data entry to eliminate delays, backlogs, and errors. This work directly impacts how communities fund schools, infrastructure, and public services.
About the Role
We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help design and scale the systems behind this platform. You’ll work on a small team with significant ownership over architecture, product direction, and technical decisions. We value engineers who can iterate quickly and care deeply about building high-quality systems.
If you enjoy building real systems, solving messy data problems, and shipping software that directly impacts how society runs, come join our team!
What You Will Work On
Examples of problems our engineers tackle:
Replacing manual spreadsheet workflows used across thousands of jurisdictions
Designing systems that extract structured data from unstructured government documents
Building scalable APIs and backend systems that power critical workflows
Designing product experiences that simplify complex regulatory processes
Improving performance and reliability of systems used daily by government teams
Tech Stack
Backend: Java, PostgreSQL
Frontend: React, TypeScript
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform
Developer Tools: GitHub, Linear, Cursor, CI/CD, automated testing
Your Role
Own systems end-to-end: Design and build scalable backend systems powering core product workflows using Java, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, and Terraform.
Build product-facing features: Develop intuitive front-end experiences using React and TypeScript that make complex government workflows simple and efficient.
Shape architecture and technical direction: Contribute to architectural decisions across services, data models, and infrastructure as we scale.
Ship product end-to-end: Work directly with product, customer success, and customers themselves to design and deliver impactful features.
Improve performance and reliability: Identify bottlenecks, reduce technical debt, and continuously improve system performance and scalability.
Raise the engineering bar: Write clean, well-tested code and mentor teammates to maintain a strong engineering culture.
What We’re Looking For
5+ years of experience building production software, with strong proficiency in Java programming
5+ years of experience working with and optimizing relational databases (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL).
Comfort working across the stack (backend + frontend), with experience in at least one modern frontend framework, preferably React
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar)
Strong command of API design, data modeling, object-oriented programming, and relational database design principles.
Expertise in version control (e.g., Git), containerization (e.g., Docker), CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), and modern automated testing frameworks.
Experience in customer-facing product engineering (B2B or B2C).
Most importantly, we look for engineers who:
Take ownership of problems
Enjoy building real systems used by customers
Care about writing clean, maintainable code
Move quickly and iterate with users
Believe small teams of great engineers can build outsized impact – because we do
Benefits
Competitive compensation and stock equity plan
Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Company sponsored pre-tax retirement savings program (401k)
A flexible work environment that supports working from home
Flexible PTO
Parental Leave
Home office stipend