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GovWell

Data Solutions Engineer

New York, NY$130k–$240kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

GovWell seeks a Data Solutions Engineer to own end-to-end data migrations for government agencies transitioning to their AI-powered operating system. You'll transform messy legacy data into clean, production-ready datasets while collaborating with non-technical government staff and internal teams to ensure accurate onboarding and identify data quality issues before they impact clients.

What you'll do

  • Manage complete data migration workflows from legacy systems to GovWell, including schema mapping, validation, and dry-runs
  • Identify data quality issues, inconsistencies, and edge cases in government databases before production deployment
  • Lead technical calls with government staff to explain data requirements and guide system transitions
  • Build and improve migration processes, templates, and playbooks to accelerate onboarding
  • Document recurring migration challenges and feedback to inform product and platform improvements
  • Write production SQL and Python code for data validation, reconciliation, and transformation

What they're looking for

  • Python (reading, debugging, and shipping production code)
  • SQL (analysis, validation, reconciliation, transformation)
  • Data migrations and ETL/ELT processes
  • Data quality and validation frameworks
  • Technical communication with non-technical stakeholders
  • Geospatial data handling
  • Schema mapping and database design
  • Problem-solving with messy, undocumented legacy systems

Benefits

  • Direct reporting to Co-Founder & CTO Ben Cohen
  • Hybrid work (3+ days per week in NYC office)
  • Early-stage startup with 4X ARR growth and strong product-market fit
  • High-impact work affecting millions of residents across 35+ states
  • Cross-functional collaboration with Deployment, Product, and Engineering
  • Exceptional autonomy and ownership over onboarding process evolution
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GovWell

GovWell builds an AI-powered operating system that modernizes government services and streamlines public agency operations through generative AI-powered workflow automation. The company is hiring data engineers, full-stack engineers, AI product engineers, deployment engineers, and forward-deployed engineers to handle data migrations, platform development, enterprise customer deployments, and complex government modernization projects.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your most complex data migration project—what made it challenging and how did you ensure data quality?
  • Tell us about a time you discovered a critical data issue late in a migration. How did you handle it and what did you learn?
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