The Company

Serving the People Who Serve the People

 

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.

 

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

Job Summary

The Software Engineer - 3 role at Granicus is for developers early in their careers who are looking for a fun, supportive, and fast-paced environment to grow their skills and contribute code to production systems.

As an SE-3, you will design and develop backend services and agentic workflows using Python, FastAPI, and modern frameworks. You will contribute to building multi-agent systems, web scraping frameworks, and integrate agents with third-party tools. This role requires strong technical depth in Python, familiarity with orchestration tools, and the ability to collaborate across teams in an agile environment.

What Your Impact Will Look Like

• Collaborate with product management and business stakeholders to deliver SaaS based solutions.
• Communicate and work effectively with others to create great high quality software.
• Proactively improve our processes and the design and architecture of our products.
• Drive innovation by coming up with new product ideas.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python, FastAPI, and LangChain for agentic workflows.
• Build and maintain scraping frameworks using Firecrawl, Playwright, or similar technologies.
• Contribute to developing and orchestrating multi-agent systems, including LangFlow pipelines and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication.
• Assist in deploying multi-agent systems to production with monitoring and basic failover mechanisms.
• Integrate agents with third-party tools like Salesforce, SharePoint, Slack, and internal business systems.
• Develop responsive, user-friendly frontend components using React.js or similar frameworks.
• Implement real-time interfaces using SSE or WebSocket for dynamic data flows.
• Use observability platforms such as LangFuse to monitor agent performance and interaction logs.
• Participate in code reviews, collaborate on architecture decisions, and work closely with senior engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (AI/ML, DevOps, Product) in agile environments.

You Will Love This Job If You Have

• 5–8 years of full-stack development experience, with strong Python proficiency.
• Solid backend experience with FastAPI, asyncio, and building scalable microservices.
• Experience using developer AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or equivalents.
• Proficient in web application development using ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript and related web technologies.
• Proficient in cloud technologies and developing solutions on cloud.
• Strong experience developing unit tests, integration tests, E2E tests, load/stress Strong experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL)
• Strong understanding of AWS services, including S3, Lambda functions, EKS and DynamoDB.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Proficient in using version control systems, such as Git, Gitlab.
• Willingness to stay updated on industry trends and continuously improve skills.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects and issues in a timely manner. 
• Hands-on experience building and deploying web scraping frameworks such as Firecrawl, Scrapy, Playwright, etc.
• Familiarity with agent-based systems, including basic understanding of A2A communication, exposure to LangFlow orchestration, and experience assisting in deploying multi-agent systems.
• Experience integrating agents with third-party systems (Salesforce, SharePoint, CRMs, or similar).
• Familiarity with observability tools such as LangFuse.

Nice to Have

• Java knowledge for backend or integration tasks (advantageous for hybrid systems).
• Exposure to Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS) and Terraform for infrastructure deployment and scaling.
• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate) and cloud AI APIs (OpenAI, Claude, etc.).
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and real-time data pipelines.
• Contributions to open-source projects or interest in AI/agent development.

About Us

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!

 

Security and Privacy Requirements

• Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
• Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.

 

The Team

• We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

 

The Culture

• At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to bea part of our journey.
• A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
• Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important andsometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs.
• Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.
• We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employeepopulation

The Impact

• We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.