Staff Engineer - Remote

Overview

We’re Civica and we make software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world. From local to state government, to education, to health and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to help provide critical services to over 100 million citizens.

Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work around the globe, supporting the needs of citizens and those that serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point on our journey to realise that aspiration.

In Short

• Define and evolve product engineering practices, tooling, and shared application architecture patterns.
• Lead technical discovery, prototyping, and architectural alignment across teams contributing to our new platform.
• Provide hands-on support to unblock teams, improve implementation quality, and resolve cross-team technical challenges.
• Collaborate with engineering managers and product leads to shape delivery flow, team responsibilities, and ownership boundaries.
• Act as a mentor and technical coach to engineers across the organisation.
• Contribute to long-term architectural decisions that optimise for modularity, resilience, and operability.
• Facilitate healthy architectural debate, consensus-building, and design governance.
• Navigate ambiguity and help co-create the organisation’s path toward consolidated, high-quality delivery.

Requirements

• Experience with React and Golang.
• Strong understanding of product engineering and architectural practices.
• Proven ability to lead technical discovery and prototyping.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching engineering teams.
• Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity in technical environments.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on impactful software solutions.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.