# Staff Software Engineer

At Esper, we’re on a mission to empower dynamic and responsive policymaking in government. We’re building the platform that connects existing data, stakeholders, and public policy goals into a single dynamic system, transforming bureaucracy into infrastructure that encourages innovation and collaboration. As a fast-growing GovTech company, Esper is at the intersection of two powerful forces: the modernization of government operations and the transformative potential of data-driven decision-making. Our customer base is expanding rapidly, and we’re building the team that will define how public policy is shaped for decades to come. What You'll Do Esper is looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our team and take technical ownership of significant areas of our platform. This is a senior individual contributor role without direct reports. Because Esper's customers include state, local, and federal government agencies, the reliability, security, and compliance posture of our platform is central to the business. As a senior member of the engineering team, you'll make a direct impact through: Designing, building, and operating core services and product features end to en

- **Id**: 1259886
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/esper-staff-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-10T16:13:47Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T11:07:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 63
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4179
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Quarterly bonuses, Retirement plans, Unlimited PTO, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, Legal Software

## Company

- **Id**: 1823256
- **Name**: Esper
- **Domain**: esper.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/esper-com>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 156000
- **Max usd**: 292000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1500

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Bedrock** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Bedrock AgentCore** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Step Functions** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Strands Agents** — Optional: yes
- **FedRAMP** — Optional: yes
- **GitOps** — Optional: yes
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: yes
- **Knowledge Graph** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **LangChain** — Optional: yes
- **LangGraph** — Optional: yes
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **OpenAI Agents SDK** — Optional: yes
- **Pydantic AI** — Optional: yes
- **SOC 2** — Optional: yes
- **Vercel AI SDK** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 63

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T20:06:39Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 9
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.323
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 62
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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