What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Full Stack Engineer - GovSignals position at Unusual Ventures?
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
We are shaping the future of government contracting with breakthrough AI-driven solutions. We’re actively disrupting a multi-billion dollar industry, enabling cutting-edge private sector technologies to rapidly secure government contracts, fortifying our national security and economic growth.
GovSignals has built the most advanced government contracting AI solution on the market. Whether you're from a small business or a Fortune 500, our platform increases the number of solicitations government contractors can pursue and empowers them to produce winning, fully compliant proposals in hours rather than months. We don’t just follow government trends; we lead them, as one of the largest government data aggregators in the industry, we’re able to understand what the government will do before the government knows.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Founding Full Stack Engineer, you'll work directly with the leadership team to build the core AI-driven platform that empowers government contractors to be 10x more effective in identifying and winning bids. Your work will directly influence the future of government contracting, impacting businesses across industries.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Round 1: Phone Screen / Resume Interview (30 min)
A detailed discussion of your previous work experience, challenges faced, and solutions implemented.
Round 2: Technical Interview - Live Coding (1 hour)
You’ll complete a real-world coding challenge based on GovSignals’ stack (TypeScript Postgres) with access to tools like ChatGPT and the internet.
Round 3: Interviews
Systems Design (45 min)
Architect a solution to a real-world challenge faced by GovSignals.
Product Sense (45 min)
Review and critique real product designs, offering insights for improvements.
Culture Interview (Dinner)
A casual dinner with the founders to assess culture fit.
We are shaping the future of government contracting with breakthrough AI-driven solutions. We’re actively disrupting a multi-billion dollar industry, enabling cutting-edge private sector technologies to rapidly secure government contracts, fortifying our national security and economic growth.
GovSignals has built the most advanced government contracting AI solution on the market. Whether you're from a small business or a Fortune 500, our platform increases the number of solicitations government contractors can pursue and empowers them to produce winning, fully compliant proposals in hours rather than months. We don’t just follow government trends; we lead them, as one of the largest government data aggregators in the industry, we’re able to understand what the government will do before the government knows.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Founding Full Stack Engineer, you'll work directly with the leadership team to build the core AI-driven platform that empowers government contractors to be 10x more effective in identifying and winning bids. Your work will directly influence the future of government contracting, impacting businesses across industries.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to manage 0 to 1 projects, from ideation through deployment
- Build across the full stack using our 100% TypeScript codebase (SvelteJS Workers Self Hosted)
- Work with state-of-the-art AI technologies, including custom AI agents, recommendation engines, and advanced search algorithms
- MUST HAVE 2 years of experience building and shipping 0 to 1 products using TypeScript and NodeJS
- Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced startup environment
- Generalist mindset with a passion for working across the stack
- Strong product sense, comfortable being both a product manager and designer for their work
- We hire top-tier engineers and offer compensation to match
- Access to premium benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and unlimited PTO
- Work with cutting-edge AI on a modern tech stack
- Join a mission-driven company shaping the future of government contracting and business growth
Round 1: Phone Screen / Resume Interview (30 min)
A detailed discussion of your previous work experience, challenges faced, and solutions implemented.
Round 2: Technical Interview - Live Coding (1 hour)
You’ll complete a real-world coding challenge based on GovSignals’ stack (TypeScript Postgres) with access to tools like ChatGPT and the internet.
Round 3: Interviews
Systems Design (45 min)
Architect a solution to a real-world challenge faced by GovSignals.
Product Sense (45 min)
Review and critique real product designs, offering insights for improvements.
Culture Interview (Dinner)
A casual dinner with the founders to assess culture fit.
