# Senior Software Engineer

Government technology has failed citizens, veterans, public servants, and service members for decades. Kaizen powers America’s application layer. We replace the legacy systems federal agencies run on with modern software, built with craft. The ticketing platform a resident uses to visit a presidential library. The marketplace DoW uses to procure counter-drone systems to protect lives and critical infrastructure. The system a Veteran uses to access benefits. We build systems of record, of national consequence. Our AI-native modules and harness allow us to do so in weeks, not years. This year, our revenue has grown 35x. Next year, our software will serve over 100 million Americans across dozens of federal agencies. Founded in 2022 and based in New York City and DC, Kaizen has raised $35 million from NEA, a16z, Accel, 776, and Carpenter Capital. The Role This is not a ticket-grinder role. You're not here to implement Figma specs, collect your JIRA points, and wait for the next sprint planning. You're here to move fast, make real calls, and ship things that matter. You'll be one of a small number of engineers working directly on the highest-leverage features on our platform: intelligen

- **Id**: 3654755
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kaizen-labs-senior-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States, Washington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T00:28:21Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T02:03:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5818
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Gym membership, Home office, Life insurance, Parental leave, Professional development, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Digital Government

## Company

- **Id**: 16361
- **Name**: Kaizen Labs
- **Domain**: kaizenlabs.co
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kaizenlabs>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 260000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 260000

## Technologies

- **Amazon ECS** — Optional: no
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- **Claude** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **FastAI** — Optional: no
- **Figma** — Optional: no
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: no
- **Next.js** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Vercel** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **PyTorch** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T01:23:27Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 260000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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