Nava is seeking a full-stack application engineer to help experiment with how generative AI can accelerate the delivery of digital government services by building proofs-of-concept and internal tools.
Requirements
- Proven ability to rapidly build and ship full end-to-end applications from scratch—frontend, backend, and integration
- Ability to work independently to turn loose ideas into functional software
- Comfort with developing MVPs quickly and rapid iteration, prototyping, and exploratory development and fluent in TypeScript or Python
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented design patterns and ability to design elegant object-oriented APIs for use by other developers
- Experience building full-stack applications using web frameworks (for example, TypeScript with Next.js, Python with Django, or Ruby on Rails)
- Exposure to or interest in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) patterns
- Experience using GenAI APIs, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, or evaluation frameworks is helpful but not required
Responsibilities
- Develop tools that leverage generative AI along with our technology solutions to assemble functional demos of government digital services for a variety of government programs
- Design and implement example applications using our open source platforms that can be demonstrated to potential clients in bids and conferences
- Support project teams in using our platforms and iterate based on their feedback
Other
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
- Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
- May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
- This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States.
