Software Engineer (Gen AI - Typescript/Python)

Position summary

Nava is seeking a full-stack application engineer to help us experiment with how generative AI can accelerate the delivery of digital government services. You’ll build proofs-of-concept and internal tools that combine GenAI capabilities with our open platform tooling. This is not a GenAI expert role—this is a role for someone excited to figure things out in a fast-moving space.

What you'll do

• 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

Required skills

• 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, rapid iterations, prototyping, and exploratory development
• Fluent in Python or TypeScript
• Experience building full-stack applications using web frameworks (for example, TypeScript with Next.js, Python with Django, or Ruby on Rails)
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design patterns and ability to design elegant object-oriented APIs for use by other developers

Desired Skills

• 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

Other requirements

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